The Door III

by ANN CICIANI.

Resin casts on board. White spray paint and satin spray varnish.

Dimensions: 64cmW x 104cmH

'The Door' represents the door to higher levels of consciousness. (Ref: Aldous Huxleys’ book ‘The Doors of Perception'). Looking through the door outward (e.g. through our own perspective) - we see life only from our individual point of view- therefore our perception of reality is highly subjective to the individual. Looking through the door inward (e.g. introspection, meditation ) we expand our consciousness to a higher level beyond our own e.g. ie the universal collective consciousness ref. Carl Jung and we can perceive a higher level of reality. The key to opening the door is wisdom and right action (represented by the keys) but for each person this is different. Our task in life is to unlock this higher level of consciousness dormant within us all by finding the right key of wisdom personal to us (like the missing piece of our own jigsaw puzzle). When we find this key we can unlock the door. Along our journey we are given signs and synchronicities by our guides- be they synchronicities, animals or from the angelic realms. I think of butterflies and bees and dragonflies as guides. The serpent is the final obstacle to getting through the door. It represent our shadow self. This is the side of ourselves that the consciousness represses because we don’t want to face the darkness within ourselves. But if we can face this final challenge and defeat the serpent (our shadow) nirvana or heaven or cosmic consciousness is finally ours. This is the journey we all must face. It is the hero’s journey.