Cosmic love
This work is inspired by the idea Plato explored in his Symposium regarding twin flames. He suggested that the human soul had been “separated” from its original, complete state.
In its original state, a human being had four arms, four
legs, and two sets of genitals. This form represented the highest level of human creative potential, embodying immense power. According to the story, there were once 72,000 fully formed and extraordinarily powerful human beings.
But the gods, according to Plato’s myth, feared the immense power of humanity. They wanted to prevent humans from overpowering them, yet they also needed to feed on them as a source of energy. Their solution was to split each human in half, creating 144,000 “twin flames” from the original 72,000 beings.
Inspired by this story, I felt compelled to give form to this idea. To me, there is a very special magnetism between human beings, one that makes us believe in this idea of “cosmic love.” Many have tried to explain or describe it. Perhaps their words are merely glimpses of what truly lies behind this story of unity.
More than ever, we need to believe in love again, in unity, and in the act of creating alongside one another.
This is my contribution, a reminder that it is possible.
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