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Boris Pecigoš made this cycle of 22 small format paintings to represent the trees seen from another angle… or better said, from another frequency.
Leitmotif of the cycle is the author’s poem “Like a Tree”:
LIKE A TREE
I spread my arms and lift them high, touching the sky
ready to let the sun’s rays shine on my chest, to receive
the warm rain and the gentle breeze, just like the branch of a verdant treetop
whose roots find support in earth’s great depths,
and suckles nutrients from the womb which bears
all the world’s children,
like the branch of a tree whose trunk links two worlds,
I run to its embrace, to become one with this being,
because I am that tree.
And if winds blow all my leaves away and storms tear down my branches,
if fires burn me to a stump or worms devour me from inside,
if an ax fells me or lightning strikes me,
if an unimaginable hardship comes upon me,
I will bud anew and grow towards the heavens,
once again I will smile at the sun
and witness the passing of seasons,
the unfolding of young green leaves,
and sudden summer rain showers,
vivid shedding of my outer garb,
and the formation of frost on naked branches.
Yes, when it will seem as if death had overcome me,
I will come to life once again,
because my root is nestled deep in the auspices of Mother,
and life spirit guarded by the Father.
Boris Pecigoš, November 8, 2009
English translation: Erika Katačić Kožić, 2012
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POPUT DRVETA
Širim ruke i pružam ih u visine, dotičem nebo
spreman primiti sunčeve zrake, toplu kišu i blagi vjetar
u njedra svoja, baš poput grana raskošne krošnje
drveta koje korijenjem svojim u velikim dubinama zemlje
oslonac nalazi i hranjive sokove siše
iz te maternice što svu djecu koja svijetom hodaju porodi,
drveta koje deblom svojim dva svijeta spaja,
a ja mu u zagrljaj trčim da se u jedno biće stopimo,
jer ja sam to drvo.
I da mi vjetrovi sve lišće otpušu i oluje grane pokidaju,
da me vatre sagore do panja ili crvi pojedu iznutra,
da me satre čovjekova sjekira ili grom raskoli,
da me nezamisliva nevolja snađe,
ponovno ću niknuti i prema nebu rasti,
opet ću suncu se smiješiti
i smjeni godišnjih doba svjedočiti,
pupanju mladih zelenih listova,
iznenadnim ljetnim pljuskovima,
živopisnom umiranju vanjskoga ruha
i pojavi inja na golim grančicama.
Da, kad će izgledati kao da me smrt snašla
oživjet ću opet,
jer korijen moj je dubok u okrilju Majke,
a duh je životni kod Oca čuvan.
Boris Pecigoš, November 8, 2009
English translation: Erika Katačić Kožić, 2012
He eventually organized the trees in a way to follow a sequence of Major Arcana cards of the Tarot, primarily Osho Zen Tarot. Boris only at the end of the cycle observed that the paintings, by number and by subject, accidentally coincide with the meanings of cards.
Forest heals and trees help us to sprout our own roots and stimulate the root chakra, grounding, materialization of desires…
See all the paintings here.
Virtual exhibition “The Arcana Trees” is an exhibition in a virtual 3D space, which allows online visitors to tour the exhibits independently in the order and from the distance they wish, exhibits are presented in real sizes, so the visitor has experience as in any exhibition in reality: The Arcana Trees 3D
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