This weeks painting is by the infamous Salvador Dali entitled “The Persistence Of Memory.” This piece is world recognized and probably one of Dali’s most famous paintings.
THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY
Editors View:
In this painting the landscape is barren, doesn’t show much life at all. In fact it’s hard to determine if there is life at all on Earth, is the human race obliterated as we know it? The paintings perspective goes in many different directions, is this a two dimensional world? Are we living in the same plane? These are questions that come to mind when I look at this painting, and to me, the clocks help decipher the meaning of what I think Dali is saying.
The wilted clocks are a symbol that time is dead. Only things that are wilted are dead or nearing death. The barren land with no grass, no signs of life determine that this painting is about time standing still, ultimately accomplished in death. We see water and a rising sun in the background, telling me that there is hope for the future, life still goes on, maybe in another life? The perspective shows me that we could be in between two separate dimensions, or we could rise to another plane when we die. Make no doubt about it, life continues. The time will come when time stops upon the Earth, but starts in the Heavens when we die. Nothing lives in the mortal body forever, be it at the hands of other human beings, through natural causes, or just age. The last thing to ponder in the painting is, did we kill ourselves off or did a plague send us to our fate? Could it be age ran out on us, or should I say.. did our time run out on us.
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