PRESENCE
SILVE-
STRIN
CLAUDIO SILVESTRIN STUDIO
Often, in ancient times,
objects had symbolic and holy meanings.In Delphi,
for instance, the omphalos was a sacred stone, similar to a huge egg (egg as
the symbolical form of life and not literally a hen’s egg), and was the navel
of the earth, the meeting point of west and est, chosen by Zeus. In our present
materialistic culture, the spiritual, symbolic, sacred and holy are mocked.
Science is the new god. However, the sacred transcends time and our
materialistic culture will eventually pass. In time sacred objects will
reemerge for, the spiritual force was, is, and always will be stronger than
mere materiality.