ILLUSTRATIVE ACCOUNTS
Throughout history, stories are used to capture the attention of the reader. Stories that are lively and simple in describing profound mysteries are easily remembered. Ancestral knowledge, kept alive over the centuries, is communicated in various forms. Oral histories, hieroglyphs (such as ones found in ancient Babylonian, Egyptian and Maya temple inscriptions) and early petroglyphs, have actively been sought and preserved for our investigation.
Our questioning of our world and how we got here comes from our human desire for communion with the universe and longing for something outside of the programmed structure of todays society. Ancient writing, seemly esoteric, documents knowledge of the universe and provides the steps needed to help explore and gain personal understanding of the cosmos.
In reading and studying ancient stories of the world, one is often presented with a metaphor of the awakening of the physical body to a neurological contemplative state inspired by knowledge. Enlightenment, spiritual transformation, “essential salvation”, or humanity's potential destination, is put forth as a ladder of ascension by using symbols for feet, spine, heart and mind.
While reading, one must be able to discern between the metaphors of universal intention and those interpretations written to project power for political conquest, spiritual control and social status.
The Element Stories incorporates the influence of early texts to bring to light the history, evolution and distribution of the written word. The art forms present a contemporary journal of discovery that resonates with various regional and historic beliefs to give an interpretation of this time in history; a time when once hidden (or destroyed) knowledge is sought and once silenced topics are being challenged.