A Permanent Tear II Detail by Anthea Slade
Dedicated to my beautiful friend Saori Tokyo.
A Permanent Tear II Detail featured in Feminine Intent on 8 April 2011.
A Permanent Tear II Detail is a second version of my A Permanent Tear which was inspired by my writing of the same name. This was drawn on 7 April with watercolour pencils, acrylic, gel, mixed media. This is the detail. Will upload the full one one soon.
A Permanent Tear
Whack!
With little warning it came.
A violent quake at sea that created a Tsunami in Japan
beyond comprehension.
A tragedy that renders even the most erudite inarticulate.
Bringing devastation that crumples our language
as it becomes inadequate to express our grief.
Trauma after trauma after trauma ad infinitum has rendered me for a time speechless. Snowballing of trauma in quick succession is the making of a post traumatic stress disorder. This is the opening chapters of 2011. Violent nature lashes out at sea and land leaving human and animal life more than reeling. We are stunned and immobilised in its wake. Flooding of large portions of Queensland’s state, cyclones that bash coastal towns, flash flooding in Melbourne city and Victoria, NSW, quakes in Christchurch that flatten buildings and crumple churches and now the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan so massive that it decimates whole villages and leaks nuclear plants and it is only March 19!
Unease and terror seeps disharmony deep into our bones as we try to rationalise and intellectualise finding ways to justify these occurrences. Imagining ways to save us from all this. Words and hypothesising is not enough. Practical strategy and pooling of the experts in their fields from all nations to find rapid solutions that can aid and support the recovery of Japan and our world is more then needed.
A feeling of helplessness with a desperate fear that these things are not over, creates a crippling feeling that is hard to shake. Terror of instant media messages with journalist and media frozen in their own trauma trying to report the magnitude of these events, often fall short. Leaving mere humans seeking a way to find a new language, a new way of coping as we sit alone in our bubbles trying to find solace and peace with a crying heart that never ceases.
With no emotional down time to recover from one disaster to the next we are left with an open gaping wound that is unable to heal. Yet not to see, not to face and to speak of it is not the answer. Denial has never brought recovery of deep wounding. However watching the media interpretation of every nuance is not the answer either, because with every image there is a biased perspective and sensationalisation that needs to be interpreted with awareness. Image upon raw image is hard for the human mind to absorb leaving our sensitivity shattered trying to cope with the assault that has an abusive unrelenting sting capable of shutting us down into a robotic stupor. To leave our pain unattended could possibly leave us thwarted for years in our own personal rabbit hole. To stay informed but to remain intact is a subtle and ever delicate sea saw in our emotional health.
The eyes and hearts of the world are focused on Japan and its beautiful people. Our human hearts in unison beat with empathy for the loss and suffering of this part of our world. With great compassion there is an urgent longing for the suffering to stop and the threats to cease so that recovery and healing can begin.
Japan is experiencing the immediate raw pain of these devastating events but we all weep with empathy for our sisters and brothers in Japan. We are one world inextricably linked by our vulnerability, bound by our humanity. With these events that disrupt our sensibility and become a wake up call for all. Leaving us longing for a new language, a new way of thinking, a new way of being that can provide us a vehicle that can navigate us through this new paradigm. The quickening has just quickened to a frightening pace as we shift our reflections moving us so far beyond the post.
Reality does bite. Reality does demand alchemy of heart and spirit that can propel us into a new phase, a new chapter that can heal and protect our humanity.
There is a permanent tear in my eye that will not leave.
© Anthea Slade 2011
Comments
fantastic work Dear Anthea!!!…kiss:)))
Claudia thank you so very much dear friend. x
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it is amazing to view such detail. such an intense and emotional piece Anthea. xoxooxoxoxo
Shar thank you so much my lovely friend. Your words are so beautiful. x
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Stunning detail Anthea. I can feel the emotion of the work. Great work
Thank you dear Angie for your senstive and most fine comment.
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A haunting piece that makes us think twice about our vulnerability. We will all wear that permanant tear not only for the suffering our fellow man now, but also for the future.
Your words makes this art even more valuable.
xoxo Iris
Dear Iris thank you for this so emotional and perceptive comment. So true so true. Thank you for stopping by with your wonderful insight.
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You’ve achieved an amazing amount of depth in this, Anthea, both compositionally and in the hearfelt message that you’re communicating, which does justice to your amazing writing.
The strength she so obviously has seems to be bolstered by the support she’s receiving.
I love the curl on her cheek, that permanent tear, the inside of which could be your trademark heart, but could almost be the apple of temptation, which could likely be the cause of the tear! Sorry, I know I’m reading too much into it, that was just my first impression and I got lost in it.
Amazing work, thanks for sharing it.
Wow Ken thank you for this amazing and perceptive response to A Permanent Tear II Detail. Appreciate so much your insight and reading of my art. Your words are a joy to read. Thank you so much for sharing what you see in my artwork.
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Sorry Tone. Should not have entered this one into Inspired by Music :)
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April 2011
Linaji thank you so much for featuring A Permanent Tear II in Feminine Intent on 8 April 2011.
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I love this series of two faces at different angles. Your words about Japan are very emotional and touching Anthea.
Michael thank you so much for your wonderful reading of my art and words.
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This is so special by the emotional subject. Great dedication, Anthea!
Dear Dorina thank you so much my friend for this beautiful response.
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Most beautiful work that touches my heart Anthea.
m-mission thank you for this so sensitive response to my art. Appreciate this very much..
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