The Soul Mender
by Eric Edelman
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10.000 x 8.000 inches
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Title
The Soul Mender
Artist
Eric Edelman
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Collage
Description
Many objects seem to harbor within them something of the soul: tools, books, pictures, and especially dolls.
Playthings in human likeness assume the lives given to them by the children who love them. Like portraits, dolls project the invested souls of their owners. And long after being relinquished, a doll continues to emanate a certain quality that enchants or disquiets us: that remnant or hint of the soul once breathed into it.
But few places act as repositories for these physical containers of the soul, or as restorative sanctuaries where the broken ones among such vessels may be made whole once more. And the number of such havens decreases with the passing of years. Who now has time to mend a doll, or have one mended? How much simpler it will be (or so we think) to buy another, and coax the child to adopt it.
Caught in the paradox of moving fast so as to move faster still—to save time, which we hope to sell ever more dearly as we age—we end up wasting our time. Finally, nothing is worth spending time to do, except to buy new things to replace the old, broken ones.
We have broken the habit of repair, and replaced it with the habit of abandonment.
(All artwork, descriptions, & other text created & copyright by Eric Edelman. All rights reserved.)
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February 19th, 2013
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Comments (7)
Missy Brage
Just got my print in the mail! It looks amazing! Going to mat and frame it later! I will post a pic on your retro collage page on facebook once I have it hanging up! Love love love it! Can't wait to own more!
Missy Brage
Cannot wait to hang this on my wall!
Eric Edelman replied:
Thank you very much, Missy! I'm honored that that you bought this piece, & I hope you enjoy it.