*for the grüss gott magazine winter 2025 edition of archdiocese linz i was asked & therefore pleased to put my hands on a collage illustration again. diving deep into the subject of this worlds creation. genesis. where to start when there are plenty of theories & myths when it comes to the point where everything & anything started. this tale can not be told in its entirety. at least nothing i can trap on a blank canvas. maybe a kind of humility. as every time the editorial team consulted expertises out of several fields & disciplines, natural resources & life science, environmental health science & biblical studies. illuminating the term i was thinking about the coexistence of events, a principle that all facts come with an opponent. ebb & flow, life & death, creation & destruction, based on genesis 1.4. god separated light & darkness, defining the light as good, i wonder if they are on an infinite search to reunion, knowing that there is an emptiness – a gap, something missing. one of my favorite acquisitions is dissolving gravity, exchanging the normal. questioning the common & allowing unperfections as they are beautiful. also i believe in the term infinity & cycles, nothing ends where it started. everything evolves, if you fix positions & set your mind, you might at least evolve beholding the subject from another angle. so wherever you are right now – i hope you are fine – furthermore i aim to catch you with details. so how to work on a genesis when not including a bit of the unfinished & fragments of chaos, when all elements, planets, the universe, flora & fauna, humankind, light & darkness merge. everything has & had to be formed to a common sense. creating the world in time at the same time before a concept of time even existed. telling the tale as 7 days narrative with one day of rest might be a trial to structure the complexity of a system. there is work to be done — so all eyes on a figurative god inbetween sky & earth. coexisting on his playground of genesis. for this central figure i went with a michealangelo painting & carolsfeld miniature etchings. you find fragments of cellarios macrocosmic depiction, details out of physica sacra, darwins tree of life, rodin statues of eva & adam, as always there are botanical & organic details of animals & symbols which give a hint on the subject itself. fleur de lis blooming in & out of an iris. so lots of masters in this artwork again. i hope that you find yourself living your path in this digital era of loudness & overinformation. maybe in silence this planet & nature is still finding your attention. we might think we have discovered all the pearls, but at some point we are blindeyed for the obvious – missing it because we are swallowed by screens. what we see & experience is a reflection of how we handle each other, ourselfes & this planet. just some thoughts & as always lots of answers to find. stay safe. take care of your withins. i am thankful for this beautiful project. a special merci beaucoup to silvia druml-shams, it was a pleasure working with you. & as always thank you matti wulfes & the whole team for a lovely collaboration & your trust. ‘in flowers i trust™.’ ♥︎
*’god saw that the light was good, & he separated the light from the darkness.’ (gen. 1.4)
head of creative | markus kietreiber
chief editor | wolfgang wieser
art direction | silvia druml-shams
photo editor | matti wulfes
article | grüss gott editorial department
collage artwork | nita.
