{"id":5191,"date":"2016-12-06T16:14:31","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T16:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=5191"},"modified":"2016-12-24T17:26:50","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T17:26:50","slug":"1-duda-orffeo-edit-orffeos-universe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=5191","title":{"rendered":"Dan Duda: Orffeo&#8217;s Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/?page_id=4624\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Return to Table of Content<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5200\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5200\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5200\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_1586-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Orffeo\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_1586-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_1586-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_1586-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_1586-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_1586.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5200\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Orffeo<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px;\">\u201c<em>I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what<br \/>\nI was looking at\u2014not copy it.\u201d Joe Orffeo<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This one\u2019s personal. Joe orffeo was an incredibly talented artist and a good friend. His passion for art was balanced by a passion for science and we had many discussions, often about cosmology before his recent passing.<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin-lefy: 20px; margin-bottom: 5px; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/196563337\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The real power of art, be it visual, auditory or written, is that it transcends our limited ability to grasp the true nature of reality. although some artists train their focus exclusively on aesthetics, many others, especially the great ones, draw on feelings deep inside and approach art as an opportunity to express the way they relate to our ineffable universe. This connection to dimensions that supersede limited human intellectual processing is often subconscious. Perhaps the meditation encouraged by Zen gives us some idea about how this connection might occur. But it often takes generations before the genius is recognized\u2014if at all.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5193\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5193\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5193\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_1265-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Orffeo\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_1265-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_1265-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_1265-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_1265-1024x722.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Celestial Dynamics \u00a9 Orffeo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Van Gogh\u2019s \u201cStarry Night\u201d for example, is now thought to have captured nature\u2019s application of fluid dynamics to motion and light. <em>\u201cIn a period of intense suffering, Van Gogh was somehow able to perceive and represent one of the most supremely difficult concepts nature has ever brought before mankind.\u201d <\/em>[Maria Popova, <em>BrainPickings<\/em>]. A review of the TED chapter \u201c<em>The Unexpected Math Behind Van Gogh\u2019s \u2018Starry Night\u2019\u201d <\/em>provides even more detail on just how seriously science takes this phenomenon. Further, an interpretation of Picasso\u2019s Cubism period suggests an innate understanding of the world from a 4-or more spatial dimension perspective.<\/p>\n<p>In his later years Orffeo was captivated by the motion of galaxies and the mysterious forces that govern space, time and matter. His technique was to use subtle background effects to suggest the depth and dynamism that go beyond obvious images that pass-through telescopes. In that regard one of the biggest mysteries in science today is the fact that most of the mass in the universe is missing. According to a NASA web page <em>\u201c\u2026is it merely hidden in some exotic form? \u2026 The problem of the missing mass has gotten to the point where it is more than just a problem. It is an embarrassment, an obstacle to understanding such things as the structure of galaxies, the evolution of clusters, and the ultimate fate of the universe. <\/em>[see attachments]. Might some deep insight about this issue be veiled in art?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5195\" style=\"width: 236px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5195\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5195\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_3538-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Orffeo\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_3538-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_3538-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_3538-768x1019.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_3538-772x1024.jpg 772w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_3538.jpg 1525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Cosmic Egg \u00a9 Orffeo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of the most widely accepted theory\u2019s in cosmology today is the \u201cBig Bang.\u201d Based largely on Edwin Hubble\u2019s calculation of the red shift of galaxies compared to their distances, he postulated that everything in the universe is moving away from everything else. That suggests that at one time (about 14 billion years ago) everything existed at one point. Cosmologists have taken these facts to the ultimate. They believe that everything in the universe originally sprang out of nothing. Not surprisingly, there are many challenges to this theory. One came millennia ago from the Hindus. Their cosmology involves an eternal cyclic universe that expands and contracts forever\u2014and we happen to be in an expansion phase. <em>\u201c\u2026there aren\u2019t a lot of differences between Hindu cosmology and the science of modern cosmology \u2026 what is most interesting about the two, is just how little their time scales differ, as noted by Carl Sagan.\u201d <\/em>[see attachments].<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5196\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5196\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5196\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_3649-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Orffeo\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_3649-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_3649-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_3649-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_3649-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>Nature\u2019s Cornucopia \u00a9 Orffeo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Another possibility is that a cosmic egg existed. Rather than everything springing out of nothing, all the elements of reality might have been contained in a relatively small package.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5198\" style=\"width: 228px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5198\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5198\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_3827-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Orffeo\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_3827-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_3827-109x150.jpg 109w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_3827-768x1056.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_3827-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_3827.jpg 1828w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Force of Light and Dark \u00a9 Orffeo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Back to the universes\u2019 missing mass\u2014it is believed to exist in two entities that remain as severe enigmas to science. Dark Matter and Dark Energy have been calculated to form more than 80% of the mass of the universe. But, they are only mathematical entities. They are thought to exist because the motion of galaxies wouldn\u2019t make sense without them. Other than that science doesn\u2019t have a clue about what they are. If there ever was a case for the need to supersede the limited abilities of human perception, this is it. Does Orffeo\u2019s work provide an insight into this mystery? Time may tell.<\/p>\n<p>An interesting question remains regarding the connection of an artist\u2019s deep intuition into the true nature <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"margin-lefy: 20px; margin-bottom: 5px; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/196564415\" width=\"320\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> of reality: how aware is the artist of the subtle insights being presented? One of my favorite books is <em>Moby Dick.<\/em> There are places where up to four layers of symbolism are in play. I\u2019m convinced that Herman Melville could not possibly have been conscious of the incredibly rich message he created. His inspiration was, without a doubt, a product of a subconscious connection to a wealth of awareness well beyond typical human limitations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5204\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5204\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5204\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_1044-1024x757.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Orffeo\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_1044-1024x757.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_1044-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_1044-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/100_1044-768x568.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Orffeo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There is no doubt that Joe Orffeo had some awareness of the symbolism contained in his art. I know this from personal discussions we had. However, I\u2019m also convinced that he was not consciously aware of the full extent of the allegory of his images. If we could discuss this today he would, no doubt, be surprised by this analysis of his work. But, on reflection, he would likely understand and accept it. Were Mahler or Beethoven fully conscious of their predictions regarding the sweep of human history? I think not. However, the power of their messages is there for all to see (and hear).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5202\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5202\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5202\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/orffeo-face-copy.png\" alt=\"Joe Orffeo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/orffeo-face-copy.png 300w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/orffeo-face-copy-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Orffeo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My good friend Joe Orffeo left us in 2013. He was an artist, painter sculptor and trailblazer with his technique. He saw the world, and the universe in a unique and personal way. He said of his own work \u201c<em>I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at\u2014not copy it.\u201d <\/em>Art critic Anthony Bannon said <em>\u201cOrffeo reduces, simplifies, clarifies the visions that are given to him. But his is a vision that begins in a voluptuous manner, in many colors, and absolutely unheard of before.\u201d <\/em>His work is featured at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burchfieldpenney.org\/collection\/?q=orffeo\">Burchfield Penny Art Center<\/a> in Buffalo, New York and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meibohmfinearts.com\/\">Meibohm Art Gallery.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/ed.ted.com\/lessons\/the-unexpected-math-behind-van-gogh-s-starry-night-natalya-st-clair<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/history.nasa.gov\/SP-466\/ch22.htm<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-is-the-difference-in-Hindu-cosmology-and-science-about-the-origin-of-this-universe<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.burchfieldpenney.org\/artists\/artist:joseph-orffeo\/<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5209\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5209\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5209\" src=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/orffeo-duda-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Roberto Muffoletto\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/orffeo-duda-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/orffeo-duda-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vjic.org\/vjic2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/orffeo-duda.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Orffeo and Dan Duda<br \/>\u00a9 Roberto Muffoletto<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Return to Table of Content \u201cI had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at\u2014not copy it.\u201d Joe Orffeo This one\u2019s personal. 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