مكتوب
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.
Explanation１ Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
This art work 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"
It's also the key word
that is written on the book much.
Explanation２ The way to see the world
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 art work has
different painting in the back.
Those mean
・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
Explanation３ From the beginning of the novel
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.
