Icarus Falls to the Truth within the Constellation Virgo
VERIGO: 48 X 60 inches of Veritas composed on canvas within the Constellation Virgo that captures the Fall of Icarus in a pool of oil, glued down by glitter. The narrative stages the Story of the fatal Fall of Icarus; the Icon that instilled an idea that identifies the risks and stakes man makes to give merit to himself, forever pushed by the personal passions of parents, to push himself to penetrate the limits to the point of being paradoxical, by attempting to achieve the impossible. The idea of “being your own Man” machinates an intense introspective “(internal)” and “)external(“ pressure to invent innovation to announce an “Age” and aspire to ascend over Aeon’s, to accelerate past the finish line, and make way to eclipse and escape the mundane of the “everyday” example of life, that left UN-checked will unleash a label that leashes and lashes throughout life… Such an effort notes the need to check and balance narcissism, seen in the myth of Daedalus and Icarus, a story of how necessity facilitated the invention of something that was never meant for man and how it led to his downfall, showing us that the power of man has no limits, but also that we should be very careful how to use this power. The Story of Fall of Icarus
Man has forever pushed himself to the limits trying to achieve the impossible. Discoveries and inventions are perhaps man's way to escape from the mundane or simply to alter his life.
Such an effort is the myth of Daedalus and Icarus, a brilliant story of how necessity facilitated the invention of something that was never meant for man and how it led to his downfall. Myth though it may be, the story of Daedalus and Icarus wants to show us that the power of man has no limits but also that we should be very careful how to use this power.
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Unfortunately, Icarus soon forgot his father's warning and filled with the exhilaration of flying, he flew too high and too close to the sun. The intense heat melted the wax on the wings, the feathers came loose. A few minutes later, poor Icarus plummeted down into the sea and was drawn. Daedalus was struck with horror but there was nothing he could do to save his son. Aggrieved at his loss, he named the sea-spot where his son had drowned and the close by island after his name. The sea was named the Icarian Sea and the island was named Ikaria. Some sources mention that at the time Icarus fell into the sea, the mighty Hercules was passing by and he gave the fallen Icarus a befitting burial. Berating himself for his tragic loss, he continued to fly towards Sicily where he sought refuge in the Court of King Cocalus of Camicus. With the King's help, he constructed a temple dedicated to Apollo and as an offering to the god hung up his wings for good.