BEFORE INSTALLING THE SNAKE 60 METERS LONG WOOD DURING THE EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY ART in Lorenzago di Cadore "Lorenzago OPEN 2010"
THE SNAKE
There is, perhaps, more animal represented in the symbolism of all times like the snake. In many cultures, legends, cosmogony, myths, iconography, the protagonist of many stories atavistic, is a symbol of the collective unconscious that is of great importance.
Not to speak of dreams in many phases of analysis, in different subjects, are biting snakes, lurking or sleeping, frightening or "curiously reassuring.
E 'symbol of knowledge, this can also be dangerous, as stated in the Christian myth of creation.
The serpent is a symbol of multi-purpose, universally present in all cultures.
E 'the mythical ancestor, the life-giving symbol of care, the animal native to the sources of life and libido.
In our culture its downside prevails as Christianity, especially in medieval thought, he stressed the importance evil and destructive, often associated with lust of the woman (Eve or the Beast of the Apocalypse).
But as the Gnostics saw it as a holder of privileged esoteric mysteries, even in the sacred texts of the West, the serpent is ambivalent: Christ as the saving and regenerative, has sometimes been portrayed as the brazen serpent on the cross.
fundamental archetypes, or rather complex of archetypes related to the origins, refers to a continuous cycle of life:
L ' Uroboro is a very ancient symbol that represents a snake biting its tail, continuously recreating and forming a circle. It represents the cyclical nature of things, the theory of ' eternal return , and everything that can be represented by a cycle start over after reaching its end. In some representations the serpent is represented half white and half black, recalling the symbol of Yin and Yang , which illustrates the dualistic nature of all things and above all that opposites are not in conflict.
