Darkness and Light is the latest series of charcoal wing drawings by Jyl Bonaguro that were inspired by the writings of Plutarch while living in Athens.
“The soul, being eternal, after death is like a caged bird that has been released. If it has been a long time in the body, and has become tame by many affairs and long habit, the soul will immediately take another body and once again become involved in the troubles of the world. The worst thing about old age is that the soul’s memory of the other world grows dim, while at the same time its attachment to things of this world becomes so strong that the soul tends to retain the form that it had in the body. But that soul which remains only a short time within a body, until liberated by the higher powers, quickly recovers its fire and goes on to higher things.”
Plutarch, The Consolation, Moralia
Together Asunder, Charcoal and Graphite on Fabriano paper 120 gr, 43H x 32W inches
The Higher Spiral, Charcoal and Graphite on Fabriano paper 120 gr, 54H x 35W inches
Aleppo Pine, Charcoal and Graphite on Fabriano paper 120 gr, 58H x 37W inches
Nike, Charcoal and Graphite on Fabriano paper 120 gr, 37H x 117W inches