An everyday ritual transforming into an act of metempsychosis. The work captures the paradox of the soul's voluntary descent into an aggressive environment for the sake of experience. Delicate forms submerge into scalding coffee — a mass composed of concrete and shattered glass. The cup turns into an artifact: as if marked by a barista's pen, it bears the handwriting of a great poet — a message for those just passing through the point of entry:
“People of the future! Who are you? Here am I, all pain and bruise. To you I bequeath the blossoming garden of my great soul.” V. Mayakovsky
This arduous path is the result of a personal quest for transformation. And the finale here sounds like the voice of a barista confirming the choice made: — Your cappuccino!
An exploration of transformation through the ancient concept of the transmigration of souls and the regressive hypotheses of Dolores Cannon. The work conceptualizes earthly life as a voluntary cycle of self-improvement.
In this scene, concrete represents a harsh and ambivalent reality, while the marshmallows are delicate ethereal souls. They consciously strive toward the meat grinder for the sake of attaining physical form, their divine nature remembered only by the color and sheen of the glaze.
The meat grinder here serves as a painful filter between the field of unconditional love and gross matter. The paradox is that it is precisely within the harsh conditions of earthly incarnation that the spirit finds the ideal environment for transformation and spiritual experience.
INDICATIONS: Mental overload and the habit of overcomplicating the obvious. Loss of the "here and now" moment. Constant background noise in consciousness and the chaos of internal dialogue.
ACTIVE COMPONENT: Ceasing the search for background tasks. Acknowledging the world's autonomy from personal hyper-control. A return to structure through a conscious rejection of mental bustle.
EXPECTED RESULT: Reduced anxiety and inner silence. The ability to live life in the present moment. Increased concentration and clarity of perception.
INDICATIONS: The illusion of being right, anger, and the hardening of the heart. Loneliness at the peak of superiority. The gap between the Gospel ideal and personal reality.
ACTIVE COMPONENT: Capturing the moment of exaltation over one's neighbor. Searching for the edge where judgment becomes a loss of humanity. Realizing superiority as a fall "onto glass into the abyss."
EXPECTED RESULT: A return to the primal essence of being through the acceptance of another. Attaining love as a conscious path. Healing of the heart by renouncing judgment and returning to authentic unity.
