BLUE FLOWER

Dimensions: 2 pieces (one 20 x 100 cm, the second 45 x 100 cm)
 
Novalis was a German poet, philosopher and mystic. His poem "Wenn nicht mehr Zahlen und Figuren" from 1800 was the inspiration for this painting. It states that true knowledge of the world is not achieved through numbers and rational science, but through poetry, love, and mystical experience. The blue flower is the central symbol of longing in romanticism.  
 
When marks and figures cease to be
 
When marks and figures cease to be
For every creature's thoughts the key,
When they will even kiss or sing
Beyond the sage's reckoning,
When life to freedom will attain,
and freedom in creation reign,
When light and shade, no longer single,
In genuine splendor intermingle,
And one in tales and poems sees
The world's eternal histories,
Then will our whole inverted being
Before a secret word be fleeing.
 
Anonymous translator, 1842