"Art doesn't reproduce what is visible. It creates visible what is not always evident."
This phrase by Paul Klee encapsulates part of his poetry, and is translated to the technique of graffiti the artist employs in the painting "Fish Magic" from 1925.
The canvas is dark and a formless background, as it was before the creation and explosion of life that was the big bang: in the beginning was darkness. The darkness is the product that is the subconscious, which lies behind the appearance of things, and even us, difficult to detect and comprehend, and appears to be a mystery. Being aware of our unconscious, just like the secrets of existence is a difficult, but not impossible task, a heroic challenge that not all of us are prepared to undertake. Mirror, mirror on the wall What are the parts of my life?
In the darkness, the light shines
Klee's magical fish don't claim to be real, they are they are only light that illuminates darkness. They reside in the dark, and are creatures of the subconscious. The artist is able to scratch the surface of the unconscious as well as the canvas beneath lie hidden but vivid figures, plants, colours and shapes. paul klee of this procedure is vital and salvific by revealing how, within the depths of the sea and the darkness of ignorance, there are small shimmering creatures which stir the waters and follow the currents. Fish are stories, desires and tales flashes of ideas, visions, dreams that come out of the night. from the dark night. They are games that wallow in the chaos of the world They are vibrant, childlike fantasies, impulses that consciously or unconsciously guide people's dreams and actions.
Rare and precious fish
Are these fishes true or not? To these exotic and esoteric life forms?
The fundamental reason for these signs is that fish don't care to be believed; Their existence isn't
is influenced by external acceptance. We think that we can see and control all things, that we have the complete picture of things however, deep in the ocean, in the unconscious , and the past centuries of life, lie the essences and the coincidences of which we are completely in the dark: fish that are not seen as well as rare and precious creatures. fish magic believe that you are aware of every inch of who you are, but you don't realize that within the most secret and inseparable parts of you, a fish with a tail that wags and, even though it is relegated down in a place unreachable by the brain the fish releases jelly and visceral thoughts. Then, you forget that distant dream, remained childhood and locked in a bubblethat was nothing but a bowl of a fish and it is there, a viper of a fish that turns and turns in the sphere and now it shows its teeth; you perceive only its glistening, unformed form since you've pulled away the shutter, and the it is dark in the room.
The ability to adjust to the senses
In the dark and silent, however, it is easier to detect light, sense motion, and hear rustling sounds; you just have to adjust your perception to being in darkness. It takes time and it is annoying initially, as you are left with the impression that you are blind, but once you are familiar with it, you can really overcome the darkness, you can even feed on the darkness. The scales shimmer, bubbles pop through the air, and nothing is crystal clear, but the whole appears to be a complete picture that you could scratch slightly more as long as we are alive and decide we want to understand ourselves a bit more.
Watching them swim
What should we do with these fish? Should we take them to the fishery and bring them to the surface or keep them to lie in the ocean floor? Surely paul klee is important to preserve their wildness and strangeness rather than forcing them into sunlit aquariums under the sun or serve them as the main course during the lunch of logic. In their bizarre, ugly and irrational nature lies their power and the ability to discover our true nature. Fish must be observed and let ourselves be drawn into their routine and incessant swimming: A meditation, a continuous repetition that allows you to discover something more about them at every second. It is important to be aware of the flashes that flicker in front of us and quickly disappear because they are intermittent lights that briefly illuminate our darkest parts. They can be used to look deep into the darkness of our being.
Currents in the ocean
The fish are not immobile and can swim from you to me and vice versa. They have discovered a common stream that roughly runs all of us and connects us all with common opinions and ideas. The fish are aware of you, however they do not judge you and therefore do not want borders to limit them. The dark is their home but they're not afraid of sometimes being caught and seeing their soul shine through like a bolt of lightning, like a eureka like a ray energy that flows up the spine before exploding into the brain, like the electrical flow of current that runs across the wires of light. The fish are similar to that, swimming, bobbing and bouncing in their flow The vast ocean is their home and they don't fear the lack of walls or limits. It can be in the vastness the globe that they best enjoy the feeling of being there now and not later, of being able to travel forever, conscious that they will always find their way back as in the oceans of the unconscious, the journey is circular.