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Artwork Description
Title：مكتوب（Maktub）
Tools：Acrylics, Medium, Wood board
Size： 59.3cm x 42cm x 2cm
Year：2021
※there are different paintings in front and back
Blue one is front, and black one is back.
Poet：مكتوب
“Making a decision was only the beginning of things. When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made the decision.”
Explanation：مكتوب
This artwork is inspired by "Alchemist" which is written by Paulo Coelho. مكتوب＝It's Arabic, and it is called "Maktub" in English. The meaning is "It's written" (=destiny). It's also the key word of the story. This painting shows you the first lines of novel below;
"The boy's name was Santiago. Dusk was falling as the boy arrived with his herd at an abandoned church. The roof had fallen in long ago, and an enormous sycamore had grown on the spot where the sacristy had once stood."
When you gaze this art, you will notice what there is the wood grain and even you might feel the painting is moving. When you see it in different angle, the dark point turned to be shiny. Also this artwork has different painting in the back.
Those meaning:
・Important thing is beside you / inside of you.
・Two sides of the same coin / yin and yang
・The world is changed as the way to see
etc
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