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Jean-Pierre Sergent about Mayan Diary Painting Installation The theme of Mayan culture actually encompasses primitive culture in general, rather than an ethnic group in particular. Even so I find the Mayan imagery highly sensual and spiritual, as it remind's me of the lost paradises dreamt by Gauguin. Painting is a conveyor of life experiences. One can feel that it expresses the primary energy of life, the color of blood, the strength to stand up, the negation of death, the warm softness of the womb and the near alienation from sexual desire. In that way art is related to desire; it is stronger than the mind, and outlast individual destiny. The main image is of the Mayan corn-god Wak-Chan-Ahaw. The god that made everything happen, created the universe, and fertilized the world. He is dressed, or undressed, by two beautiful nude women, mothers-lovers-goddesses who, through their gestural offerings, bring him back to life to germination. This image is a metaphor for the human soul's resurrection from an underworld journey after defeating the Lords of death. This scene, from Mayan mythology, takes place on the first day of creation, under water, in the primordial sea. It has a very strong relationship to cosmogony and the human unconscious. The second Mayan image is of the voluptuous Dragon Lady. She seduced one of the principal deities of Xibalbà, the Maya land of the dead, whose power and reputation are comparable to Hades of the Greeks, or Pluto of the Romans. I had encountered those female energies during one of my shamanic journey's. The four small prints are homage to their beauty and their wonderful attractive and healing spirits. The light which emanates from them symbolizes the light they were bathing in as they came to me. On my right shoulder was the Yellow Lady, on my right leg the Red Lady, on my left leg the Black Lady, and on my left shoulder the Blue Lady. Art or shamanism aren't as important, what is important is life in every shape at every moment. Art, shamanism or even sexuality can serve as a path to better understand the mysteries of creation. Sexual trances can be as powerful as shamanic trances, because during both trances we use different parts of the brain. We experience a change in the body's gravity center, and an alteration of the self. We feel, at that time, an incredible rise in cosmic energy, as well as a strong connection with every being; plants, animals, earth, or the sun. This way of being reconnected is essential. It teaches us love, compassion and give us an idea of the infinite traveling paths of souls in other dimensions. Painting speaks for what it is : memories, raw spectacle, visual pleasure and pure emotion. Let love and death be the only true eternal human tragedies.
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