Title: Indifference
oil on canvas
2003
by harj
My interpretation;
This painting is one of my first paintings and a favorite of many, its my existential art piece relating to existence, each individual not a society or a religion is solely responsible for adding meaning to your life and you living it.
This juxtapose the absurdity that life has a meaning to only you like love, losing love, memories but to the universe it has no meaning or significance, moreover in essence your life is meaningless and the universe is indifferent to our short existence.
Your joys, your suffering how can one not be in state of despair with your short lived fire in billions of light years of space that came and went. Sound and fury signifying nothing.
I really hope you enjoy my art work please PLEASE I would love to hear about your interpretation if you could leave it below, it will give us all an insight and a better understanding to all of us.
Again thankyou my Steemian family for all your support : ))))))
Big hugs and love
harj
Very interesting how it combines the paradoxical tensions so smoothly. And I really like your interpretation. Good work!
awww thank you raci! i like your view very interesting yes I feel that tension with the stiking contrast! : )
@you commented on one of my posts recently so I thought I'd look at your profile. I like the art piece. Some simple people might say it's all black with a red dot but it is a lot more than that. There's a strory. A feeling it gives off. A very good painting.
Great art work first and foremost @harj I tend to feel sometimes as little or as insignificant our lives may seem to the universe it has its purpose, every action we take as individuals somehow sums up collectively to a grand total, if you see a man at the beach with a spoon shovelling sand you may laugh and say "he'd spend forever doing that" but if he where at it day and night for weeks, months and years to come you'd be amazed at how much sand he had moved, we don't take note of the little things here on planet earth but everything we do sums up in the end. What would be the outcome? I don't know but I'm pretty sure the unexpected is waiting for us all. We marvel and make wishes at shooting stars but they where once a planet before they turned into that ball of flames...that's something to think about, a process occurred for hundreds of years before it got to that stage. Hope that brought a lil clarity? Cheers mate
wow kingzeus I love your summing up and it was so well said!!! we all try to improve our lives give in meaning. like a squirl trying to find a nut and hide it for summer, find a partner, have children love.
Wow brother, really intense! The red one spouts out at the eye. It feels to me like a strong, precise feeling, I could feel it in my chest too. To me it says really obvious force of life in the middle of an environment that lacks feelings or aliveness. I feel very much like this painting when I stay in the city too much lol. It calls for change, or something needs to be taken attention to at least. My 3 cents.
Bravo!
awww thank you ikialyfe I really like your interpretation its lovely x x x
Hello friend, I congratulate you for a beautiful work, for me art encompasses all the creations made by human beings to express a vision. I see a small bird-type animal struggling lonely to get out of that alversity.
Hey!! yes I see that a small bird trying to get out of adversity, thats been echoed a few times here and it is exactly the problem I see. a harsh time for the bird. is that birdy us Luis ? thank you my freind : )
@harj I really like your art style! At first glance I thought it was a bird submerged in water. The way I saw it was although it was fighting against so many odds it was still managing to radiate. Just like I believe our struggles in life create polarity in the positive. You can't really experience one without the other. But sometimes you need to persevere through the struggles to be able to appreciate the rewards. I reminder to never give up. I look forward to seeing more of your art!
You are right @neeqi sometimes in life we need to persevere through the struggle and only then would be able to see the light at the end
Mart I am interested in this construction one must imagine sysiphous happy struggling with his rock.
Hey Neeqi I miss that one! but yes I think thats so amazing a bird submerged in water! and still managing to radiate! Awww thank you for your kind words! I really enjoyed your post My Body Suspension Experience xxx
Yes this painting is like a fish struggling to fight to the top of black murky water. Like an orange black and white goldfish but the water is like mud, thick and full of heaviness like life. Great art @harj. Upvoted
wow thats impressive interpretation Neeqi said somthing simular (a bird) I can see it!!! wow its soo cool to get your view! thank you Happy! : ) giving us insight : ) yes life is like that.
You're welcome keep up the great art. It inspires interpretations like Neeqi and mine
Awww happy yeah my son who is 7 Jensen won a award for his art! I bet your children must love art! : ) you from USA ? Im from the UK.
Very nice congrats to your son. That's great to learn. My children love music and art :) I'm from UK & Germany, my husband @verbal-d is from USA
Thank you! @harj I'm honestly filled with such gratitude to be apart of such a supporting and loving community. 💚
AWww yes its nice when you share similar views like happy! i have so much feedback for all of us and so much insight and variation into a art piece : ) this will be documented forever!!! thank you !!! on Steemit for the future!
I also am intrigued by your artwork and you are a wordsmith in to my ears @harj . It's so hard to imagine life without all of you guiding the way for other users any myself. Thank you~
~ If love is all we need then the value of interaction is not a coincidence here but rather the divinity of one another.
Love coins what wonderful words" the divinity of one another" I truly appreciate your help with understanding how spontaneously that happens : ) just by your actions. Thank you love coins
lovely painting @harj! this art work is one of a kind.
Gift that is real kind of you to say! : ) I enjoy reading your gifted words too!
that is great to hear, it look like you just join steemit like me. my advice is that you should keep up the good work and the sky will not even be your limit.
Awww gift that is great advice I will tresure it! thank you : ) to the mooooon!
Great job thanks for sharing with us upvoteddd!!! Done!! Vote me back please check my true story !!
I will support you best I can bro, thank you!
Muy buena tu pintura,me encanta lo abstracto, puedo ver lo que quiera, yo interpreto tu pintura como una chispa, la chispa de la vida. Esa chispa que puede crecer y alcanzar una llamarada o simplemente deja de existir sin ni siquiera comenzar
Awww luna this is very sweet of you to say!!! thank you !!!!
I spent a long time looking at the pic of you and the family (?) thinking 'wow, this is really good for oil painting.'
Only after reading, did I get to the piece you did.
Disclaimer: I'm no art critic. It's very interesting to look at. It seems like the sort of painting that could be viewed again and again without boredom; what you see depends on your moods or what's going on in life at that time. It seemed to me like the primordial soup of life, before evolution began, and the colourful explosions giving birth to everything in the universe.
I'd love to upvote but I've got hardly any voting power.
@anjkara , I did a double take as I was reading through the comments after I had contemplated the pictures myself -
This is where my thoughts actually first went, too! -- my initial thoughts being along the lines of, what is happening here? A burst of creation from a primordial soup... A small flame which will spread warmth and life from the darkness... I was thinking about how interesting it is how something which can seem deceptively simple at first glance can contain so much depth and provoke feelings. Your interpretation is beautiful, I am also not an art critic lol but I thought it was neat that we shared some of the same thoughts.
Hi, @harj ! :) I hope you're having a happy day :) This piece brings an interesting mix of feelings, for me at least. Hidden meanings, creation fraught with struggle. Thanks for sharing it! I would love to see more.
Ah that's lovely. Great minds think alike, as they say. It is a beautiful painting. I'd never get bored of looking at it. Be well, mamatalks
I feel that too like screaming and nothing hears you imagine that. Shouting as loud as you can! I'm happy !!!! And no one hears you. Wow I can't understand that emotion so I decided to paint it. Thank you both of you . You both hear me : )))))
AWWw anj no need to upvote!!! your comments is amazing! and I love the way you describe the pimordial soup of life before evolution began!!!! im glad it has that affect, wow thank you anjkara. #quoteoftheday #givingbirthintheuniverse : ). I also love your lost skills post : ) x x x
i taught it's fire in the ocean but after i looked deeply its art... your art super amazing
awwww Leediana thats lovely for you to say! thats : ))))! I love your anololgy a fire in the ocean. Really like your hena tattoo too x
I love art and this beautiful work of art represents it! I have also painted pictures and for me art represents love, life, feelings! Congratulations for that picture!
Thank you for your kind words Elien yes art can mean so much so many hope you we ejoying your time on Steemit! x
It seems to me a beautiful work of art that represents how small we are before the universe
wow yes I see that but what you think about that smallness ? thats us happy ?
very good friend, what matters most are the origins and feel good with yourself because after all life is very short and you have to take advantage of it.
I like what you said gmario true insight #lifeisshorttakeadvantageofit thank you Gmario! love your into post : )
I really like the way that you interpreted your artwork. Kind of a wake up call when we go through stuff how small our obstacles actually are. Great work.
Thank you mallory! #howbigsmall I love that big but small viewpoint that captures my interpretation too! I really enjoyed your intro post : )
Great art science mr @harj
Hey danyachman that really nice to your to say agian conrgats on your wedding!!!! :)
Thank you mr @harj.
Hehehe .. but that is not my marriage, but the moment I take at marriage person.
ahhh thanks for clarifying dany : )
Haha, ok brother, no problem
very interesting @harj I really like
Awww your the sweetiest : ))))))
thanks @harj
how you finding steemit ?
As if the heart wants to say everything explosively and quietly beats through.
Wonderful this painting and so you see, everyone experiences it differently. Nice👍☀️👌
AWWW thats amazing aaltje I love you interpretation its so new! i have not had this one!!! wow its so much like the painting! wow thank you!! its so indiffrent to what the heart wants! : )
Wow, I really like the oil painting. Probably my favorite physical medium, tied to charcoal. I don't see life so insignificant and meaningless, but instead the very opposite. The universe being meaningless gives meaning to life.
Criez Yes! a meaningless universe gives life #meaninglessandlife thank you your amazing! you will reach the goal you set yourself for 2018 : ) thank you !
You look lovely as always in your pictures. Nice to see you so happy. Lovely post.
Awww thanks dilsa what did you think about my paining ? love to know : )
I see isolation, I see bright beautiful colours wanting to break free.
Awwww thank you . Bright talents wanting to break free! I truly feel Steemit like this painting maybe bridge that void : )
Thats good, Im glad steemit is bringing light into your life.
For me it signifies rebirth. I feel like it needs to squeeze out to start again, like lava from a volcano, or puss from a big spot (not as glamorous, I get it) either way, it signifies to me escape, starting a fresh. The colours show variations of matter that is apart of life as we now it. A brilliant piece of work in my humble opinion.
awwww Sarah thats amazing and a very complex deep response, exactly what we on this page and was looking for the idea of a cycle, life with escape!!! The many aspects of life! I really love your interpretation its really complex thank you sarah and your spiritual work on your blog. : )
You are more than welcome, if you have anything else give us a shout :-)
AWww that was so kind of you to resteem the art thank you Sarah x x x im following you so I wont forget how to find you! : ) !! x
My pleasure : ) x
WOW, this painting speaks to me. One man stands out amoung many, he portraits to me that we all are different in our own way but yet are as a grain of sand in this crazy ride we know as life.... . excellent piece!
Vloren wow I love this interpretation its amazing it's spot on! What a beautiful yet scary life thank you
the colors are perfect :) to me it means a spark burning somewhere inside us all opposing the system and injustice to others and ourselves.
but thats just me. anyways, beautiful work
Herbert thank you! yes we are treated badly alot and that's part of life when we as a race get things wrong we have the ability to also get it dam right. Fantastic interpretation! #perfectcolors : ) thank you Herbert Holmes
I like the small figure in open space. It could be the big bang or it could be something terrible like a plane getting shot down or it could be the remains of a bug on a window. It represents the primoridial figures of life and death... a moment where the world stopped. It might be significant or it might not, but having to ponder the significance is largely significant enough to understand the impact of this impression of oil on canvas.
Yes exactly and if there is a relationship between them and I feel it's on of indifference thank you bell yes it is life and nothingness.
Your artwork "indifference" is truly amazing. I've never seen anything like your artwork before. At first glance I didn't quite understood it but as I kept on looking at it, your painting "indifference" looks like a bird. It portrays something like as if the bird is different than any other birds but that difference made it look like the bird has something more than being different. Like something more to show. That the bird being different radiates through the night showing the beautiful fiery side of itself. Your artwork is really one of kind. It's really beautiful. 😊
wow thank you christney that is so kind of you to say and a wonderful observation! wow!!! I love your interpretation of a bird like no other! Its so important to be who you are in your heart. #likenoother : )
I would have loved to see this in real life! But this will do. It is really good. The work speaks out to the viewer. But the words the viewer hear is not a soft whisper, but a shout; an angst-filled scream to let him/her out. The single focus point on the artwork is like a single scream in the middle of the universe with only darkness around you, no one can hear the screams but you.
But this work is also a soft whisper into the ears of those who understand that being lonely is not that bad. It is a comfort for those who accept the fate of being alone in your mind, in a way locked up away from the rest of the world.
I love this artwork. Your feelings of hope and dispair shine through.
I have a similar artwork, I would love to hear your interpretation!
https://steemit.com/philosophy/@fermentedphil/why-do-the-rich-think-about-being-poor-with-an-original-artwork
this is very cool my friend. Its like a burst of pressure from the land, a sky view of a volcano.
awww yeah I like your intense interpretation Soundlegion! #burstland
Mate, nice art.. Keep up the good work .
sehr schön
Danke..
Danke!! thank you ! glad you liked it! Val
Awww dash that is very kind of you to say could I ask you whats your interpretation ?
Its difficult as a human to find a logical meaning to life . Rather to find a meaning its better to enjoy the variety that life offers us.
That's so interesting do you think life is suffering ? Dash ?
Life is both rewarding and painful i feel . To keep going is the mantra . what say ? @harj
Yes thats how one must see it to survive or needs to find some reward!
Correct ..
Hey man, I really enjoyed it! I think the concept is quite interesting actually. I believe I've had this debate with my friends many times, whether this universe has intrinsic meaning to it or not. I always come back to the conclusion that life has meaning where you give meaning, and I think thats one of the beautiful things of being human. We get to string strange symbols and hieroglyphs together and call it a language, we get to communicate in strange sounds made by our body and know what the other is thinks about this or that. But at the same time language isn't solely inherent in human beings, all types of animals have ways of communication, and how did they come up with those forms of communication, yet we consider them to be much less intelligent then humans.
This leads me to thinking that everything is connected in some way, and that we're not much different from anything else here in the universe.
Your piece has quite honestly led me to rethink some things regarding that. hahaha thank you for that!
Jameel I really love your interpretation of the painting and yes its seem so absurd! when you think about it, make one emotinal if this is it why should one continue.
I think it represents for me, an energetic beginning, ready to burst into life. very pleasing to look at.
Awww Naive yes! thats you and me on Steemit! making your way through all your hardwork! : )
Amazing, @harj. At the first seeing, I feel it is a dragon flying up from the center of ocean. That dragon symbols for new brightest things coming up to you. It is also the way of telling that the strength is growing up despite of any trouble.
Nice art! Keep it up, @harj!
wow!!! i never seen it that way before! thats very insightful a dragon! YES just had a look and yes! I see it!!
Because I am just an ordinary people! So I just keep seeing it :P
Awww : ))))
Hi. I felt it's like the ocean of emotions. The brushstrokes look like waves, and beneath them, so many feelings and thoughs are hidden. Though, you only can see or express tiny bits of those feelings. I wonder how big this painting is.
Awww its not that big but large enough, Rinbird thank you for your share! I really like your idea of an ocean of emotions!! with hidden untapped feelings and thoughts. :)
Wow that’s a very deep post you shared there. To me it represents the infinite beginning and the infinite end to our existence. We are everything and yet nothing- might as well have fun and enjoy the ride :) humanity is waking up and amongst all the fear mongering and hate propaganda, we are connected. We use our wisdom to create cool shit every day- think Elon Musk.
If you aren’t scared of “dying” than life becomes fun and is seen from a space of love rather than seperation. Thank you brother x
@thecreativerebel I think you will appreciate this post and the comments- got a good tribe here
Great painting! Quite intriguing. I don't have a lot of experience with interpreting art but my first impression when I seen it was lonelineness. A single entity being swallowed by a vast emptiness. Beautiful! The struggle of life.
wow just I feel that too!!!! its despairing! and shocking to know this is it! thank you!
It makes me feel pain, powerful art but I wouldn't wan't it on my wall. Looks like something that should go in a library in the non-fiction section.
Good I too feel your pain with life, it's vulnerability, it's shortness, the effort in looking after it and knowing that I could make better choices in life but choose not too is human, that is us. Feeling the pain of other and being unable to act. Regretable choices only humans can make. Thank you godo #pain
I agree with the first part for the most part! Though sometimes I wonder if there even really is an individual of if the ego is just an illusion. I do think we should try to find our own purpose that's super important, though I'm not convinced the universe is indifferent, there might be some kind of sort of symbiotic relationship going on there.
Interesting thoughts and artwork!
thanks Apol I like your idea of a symbiotic relationship love to know abit more. Iv added abit more too! thank you apol : ) very interesting
Hello Friend, love your work! I can see the bird the ladybird. Keep up with the good work! You have my support! ;)
awwww thank you dragoni!!! aww thats sweet ! I love your art too human evolution is amazing !!! thank you
amazing art great post
AWww John I appreciate you support thank you can you see yourself in the art ?
I like it.
I also like the way you promote it. ;-)
Good luck!
Thank you I really appreciate your support and your support for art thank you nexit! what do you think of the painting nexit ? your interpretation : ) you can do it!!!! : )
@harj your photography is amazing
and also painting is fabulous.
I love your art.
Indifference by harj. nice post amazing photography blog
aww thank you bro !
Im glad you like it : ) would be lovely to know what you think about it ?
Awww thank you Zain what is your interpretaion of the art piece can you see yourself in it ?
Hello @harj, when I first loo at your painting I see myself in it. It feels like the my happiness, the warmth I've been longing is colliding with the personality I wanted everyone to see. This painting shows how a man can be the only way to regain himself. Everything begins in ones self. Keep painting sir, I'm looking forward to see more. I'm actually into sketching. I'm not that good though.
wow thats amazing quiin! I like your view please build on it please let there be a conclusion!!!. love to know the ending ...: )
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Brilliant. Love the painting a lot
aww jolt how do you see the painting bro ?
a simple painting has great meaning
Thank you trexy what did you like about it ? your personal understanding ?
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To me it's about the simplycity that is our life, isn't order, the life is short, you give the meaning, the reason to live... all depend of you, you decide, you can go or leave... I like your workart! thanks!
Wow that was well said !!!!!! Such a serious assessment!
i see a volcano shortly before the eruption. there is so much hidden under the dark surface, but now it´s time to let it out.
it´s not possible to hold back our diverse colours, minds, stories or feelings.
we can take the chance if we get the tools. thanks steemit ;)
maybe you will paint one that shows the incredible power breaking out?
I love your post! Gulusch it's so refreshing and different! Thank you for the contribution : ) really appreciate it
thanks for your kind words!!
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What a beautiful work. I'm just fascinated. I like how everything seems ti combine, the contrast in the colors and the simplicity of the piece in general. Truly beautiful.
Awww daniel thats really sweet of you to say, I have heard a few say that thank you where you from ? do you feel like you are in the painting ?
You're welcome! I am from Venezuela. Yes. In some way, yes. At the same time I feel that the fully piece represents transformation. Like a collision sunset. Magical.
Nice art. I would love to see more in future.
AWww thank you! love to know what you see in it ?