Ruminations on Light
Excerpt from Christmas in Rockport
oil painting by Melody Phaneuf
in private collection.
If I could journey back in time I would choose the interval that our consciousness bridged the visual world and language. I envision that we were in and out of comprehension of our being rather than simply being, that we recognized the separation of ourselves from the stream of events.
There must have been some relationship suspected between our otherness and the loss of light or perhaps light became the symbol of disconnection we could not otherwise describe. We certainly tried to mark the awareness in oral tradition. Storytelling became the vessel to hold the essence of light and “light” became the metaphor of consciousness.
I love the biblical stories, myths, and rituals that honor light. I appreciate those who have illuminated manuscripts, woven carpets, gold-leafed domes, and stained glass through the ages in an effort to attract and hold the light. They remind us that the essential wholeness of our being is light.
From Christmas in Rockport, oil painting by Melody Phaneuf in private Collection.
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Boston Artist, Melody Phaneuf is well known for her evocative still life, landscape, and portrait paintings. Her paintings are regularly on view at The Guild of Boston Artists, 162 Newbury Street; at Fenway Studios, Boston by appointment; and North Shore Art in Gloucester from May through October. Phaneuf ‘s paintings have been exhibited at The National Arts Club in New York City, Galerie Herouet in Paris, and with Art du Monde, in Japan.
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