It is Wednesday, October 16, 2024, 5 a.m.
Yesterday I met with a very good friend, Urs Grunder,
an excellent photographer and picture-composer, after some software-counseling on the PC
had a great conversation.
We discussed our current problems in the world,
as well as in connection with our own works of art.
Well, it was still a bit early this morning. From about 4 o'clock my thoughts tumbled around like a daydream.
It was about one of my earlier works with the title «Everything from Nothing - Nothing from Everything».
It was created in 2013.
But the thoughts were now related to the texts of Rudolf Steiner and his explanations about the creation of the world.
So: get up and write it down. At least as an attempt.
Creation of the world...
Rudolf Steiner's explanations about the creation of the world are much more far-sighted
than our current ideas about how the world came into being
(from the Big Bang to, let's say, the black hole, where everything will disappear again one day.
Rudolf Steiner begins the development of the world with NOTHING.
But that is not quite right, because there was a spiritual essence.
Not made of atoms or anything else physical.
It was just the will of great spiritual forces that wanted to create something new:
Beings that have their own ego and are able to use it to create their own.
Not just physical. Purely spiritual is just as important.
Creating life in the broadest sense was and is the desired end goal.
But don't worry, that will take a few more world developments.
There is therefore no need for us to rush.
For the second stage of world development, Steiner speaks of
«a touch of warmth impression».
The third stage is the creation of the physical world.
We are now in the fourth stage.
Three more will follow according to Steiner.
Everything from Nothing - Nothing from Everything
The first part of my work was created in 2013 shortly after the death of my partner.
There are five pictures. As the title says, it begins with «Everything from Nothing» and ends with «Nothing from Everything».
The other parts (I, Life, Time and Light) followed at intervals until around 2016.
Well, I am in the last phase of my life and some renewed reflections are necessary.
Especially after studying Rudolf Steiner's works on «Reincarnation, Karma and the Future of Humanity».
The pictures of the first series
In 2013 I wrote about the first picture «Everything from Nothing» that it is just black,
but with a hint of not quite black in the middle. The picture therefore shows nothing.
But there is something there, just a hint of a construction plan, but nothing physical.
Was there something like an inspiration from Steiner's statements about the creation of the world?
Well, I received a few basic knowledge of Steiner's work from my mother when I was a child.
Without this knowledge, I would hardly have been able to come out when I was 25 years old.
Otherwise it would probably have been suicide.
About the fifth picture «Nothing from Everything» I wrote at the time that it is just white,
but with a hint of not quite white on the edge.
Is this an inspiration from the last phase of world development according to Rudolf Steiner?
For the middle picture I wrote «That is US!
And what do we do? WORK! But what I mean here is not work to earn a living, but rather spiritual work.»
That still applies and I am always happy when I can «work» in this sense.
The series
The statement made at the time about the whole series of the first five pictures is still true:
- This gives us a dimension with the greatest possible extent.
- Everything from nothing to nothing of everything.
- More is not possible.
And?
So, what now? It's gotten a little later, breakfast and then it's back to work.
Are there any new pictures?
The following parts of the series (I, life, time and light) are described in the chapter
Image thoughts.
