Oversoul

For this blog post, I chose an original piece of art by Alex Grey. Every time I look at artwork by this man, I always see something different. The piece is titled “Oversoul” and it makes me feel almost every emotion and sense I have experienced. Just through this one painting, I can see so many different things going on. Some of the things I believe are happening within the picture are a person who represents all of mankind and he is transcending from our world.This is allowing his soul to break free and leave his body. Now that his soul is beyond the real that we know, he is looking almost as if he is seeing the world around him for the first time. It almost seems as if not only the whole world, but the entire painting is merging from several different aspects to one single light in the middle of the man’s forehead. His soul is becoming one with the world beyond ours.This painting just reminds me of how all of mankind is connected to each other. Even though there is only one person in the painting, I see him spreading out and completely covering the whole canvas. The world, the man, the beyond world are all one and the same. I feel this way about humans. We all live on the same earth, breath the same air, and interact with one another. I don’t understand why then there is so little respect for our fellow man. Racism still exists today and in more than one way. I hear people on the street using raciest slurs and it’s totally unacceptable. Words that demean an entire race of humans are horrible. I feel like if we are ever going to get along with each other, we need to accept people who are different because they are of a different race. This painting reminds me of unity, a unity that does not yet exist.

Peace