Epiphanic Bird

Acrylics, graphite and collage on canvas
5x7 inches
SOLD
S. Fitts, 2009
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I had a request for further insight. Not all meaning will be revealed.
The bird: transcendence; the soul; the ability to enter a higher state of consciousness.
There are 26 triangles over the back of the bird. 2+6=8. Eight: the number of spirituality; regeneration; rebirth; unending; infinity, usually represented by a ∞. 10 of these triangles are colored. 10: the number of the cosmos; the paradigm of creation. Ten is the perfect number, the return to unity.
The triangle: the three fold nature of the universe; heaven, earth, man; man, woman, child; body, soul, spirit; the mystic number 3; the upward pointing triangle is solar and symbolizes life, fire, flame; the downward pointing triangle is lunar; the feminine principle; the waters.
the above mentioned meaning of symbols comes from research done and from J.C. COOPER's AN ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TRADITIONAL SYMBOLS, copyright 1978 Thames & Hudson Ltd., London