Impressionism - CONTEMPORARY ART - Expressionism
Paintings

Shah Jahan

Landscapes

"I've seen things you humans wouldn't even imagine.

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion ...... ,
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.......

And now ... all those moments will be lost forever in time ..... like tears in the rain ..."

(Rutger Hauer, as Roy Batty, Blade Runner, 1982)

The "landscape" paintings by contemporary artist Shah Jahan
are "moving" landscapes. They portray nature views which are
not confined to our world, to our planet, but which "move" toward the
entire universe, seen in an enchanting light and causing "moving" emotions.

The landscapes are not confined, but open to the endless
and unlimited mystery around us, a heart of darkness,
or a heart of light, but always fascinating and distant.

Landscapes of our planet in a most unconventional way,

that lead to the most unexplored sites of our universe,

and of our soul.

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Deckard (voice-over in the original theatrical release): "I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life, anybody's life, my life. All he'd wanted were the same answers the rest of us want. Where did I come from? Where am I going? How long have I got? All I could do was sit there and watch him die."

Well, and how about Gilgamesh ?

The Gilgamesh Epic is an epic poem named for its hero, Gilgamesh, the historical king of Erech in Sumer. Gilgamesh is driven by the yearning for everlasting life. However, he receives this warning from all he meets:

Gilgamesh, whither are you wandering?

Life, which you look for, you will never find.

For when the gods created man, they let
death be his share, and life
withheld in their own hands.

Gilgamesh, fill your belly—
day and night make merry,
let days be full of joy,
dance and make music day and night.

And wear fresh clothes,
And wash your head and bathe.
Look at the child that is holding your hand,
and let your wife delight in your embrace.

These things alone are the concern of men.

Quoted by Thorkild Jacobsen, "Mesopotamia," in Henri Frankfurt, et al, The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977), 210- 211.

Assyro-Babylonian Literature. - 2000 BC

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