The Magic Flute

Medium: Silhouette paper-cut. Cut by hand using a scalpel.

Dimensions: Approximately A4. 297 x 210 mm

Date: July 2008

Comments:
From imagination.

Inspired by the parallel legends of Krishna and Radha (from ancient India), and of Tamino and Pamina

(from Mozart's German opera Die Zauberflöte ("The Magic Flute")). In both stories, the two lovers are

united symbolically in their playing of the flute, suggesting how man and woman come together to

produce a harmonious, musical, creative result.

Traditionally, the Lord Krishna, accompanied by his consort Radha, plays a melody of divine love upon

the "flute" of the human heart. In Mozart's opera, the magic flute offers protection to Prince Tamino

and Princess Pamina as they pass through the trials of initiation into the Brotherhood of the Temple

of Wisdom. Hence, the true love between a man and a woman is the beginning of wisdom and harmony.

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Price: £SOLD. In a private collection in Ipswich, England.