Chameleon. Hiding Soul.

“I am an idea”- such words echoed in my mind when I started this painting. It was so interesting to see what the subconscious had prepared for this theme. For a few days I’ve been contemplating what a personality is made of. How different stories and experiences interconnect and become ‘us’. At the beginning there was such a mess, that I nearly decided to repaint it all. Yet the blind faith turned into a simple and humble movement ahead, without overthinking. And indeed stroke after stroke, I started to see a life form emerging. I saw legs – not two, not four, but six legs! This motive resonated very precisely with the recently read text by G. Beresnevičius: “Ugrofins read the fifth part of the soul as a sparrow or a swallow, sometimes resembling the six-legged, fox- like being, called Urt. She leaves a person at his death moment and moves to the place where the deceased dwell. Urt is related with a spirit, which looks after a human, which protects the soul’s all five parts. It’s like a genius – guardian, matching the human personality’s essence”.

I didn’t find a fox on a canvas, but the chameleon’s eyes kept glancing at me for some time. This is how the soul was born, which, like a chameleon, is constantly changing and altering its’ shape. It is precisely this changing feature, which makes an impression that the soul for some reason is hiding or is invisible. The soul contains infinite manifestations of the universe. It is like a material, from which all matter gets woven, this is why it is so difficult to get a grip on it. For me this painting reminds me not to identify myself with a form or with an expression. Holding such a potential inside of us, sometimes we forget and start identifying ourselves with one of our many aspects.

999 Eur.