AN ART ESSAY
BRIGITTE SMITH was a refugee as a
child, so the questions of why and whereto came with a certain
urgency. She was educated at art school in Germany and has taught
there as a freelance artist all her life. Here she explores various
aspects of consciousness and evolution.
The beings seen in my pictures are symbols of Higher Spirits helping
human beings to evolve and to become more conscious. They first
appeared in my meditations. The caps on their heads are open on top in
order for them to receive guidance. So far, I am unable to simply “do”
a picture; I have to wait until it comes. This is a totally different
process to my usual professional way of working. After some anxiety, I
had to accept that I am simply a servant and can only apply my will
within the service. That state developed into a very grateful
happiness.
Prayer
for the balance of the planet
Since the spiral is a symbol of human evolution, these Spirit helpers
are trying to balance the situation on the planet using
prayer.
In search of
human consciousness
In 1900, Greek sponge divers found an antique shipwreck. Within it
was something known as the Antikythera Mechanism, the first known
analogue computer. Scientists could only X-ray it one hundred years
later to discover the inner mechanism, and it is thought to possibly
come from the school of Archimedes in Corinth or the famous ancient
library of Pergamum. This inspired me to show this eternal urge in
human beings to search and to strive. The released cranes are the
freed thoughts.
Initiation
Here the Spirit helper is giving an olive branch to a soul being
initiated into learning. The Spirit helpers are mostly clad in forms
of nature.
Emergence
Here a human being, not yet conscious, is being born out of
plant-existence into the beginnings of consciousness.
Art and text by BRIGITTE SMITH
