"Contemporary Samurai"

Being an extremely emotional, intuitive and sensitive person, it is in abstract expressionism that I find the deepest and most sincere way of expressing myself, so it is for me the most primordial, intrinsic, primitive and genuine art form.

One of 18 paintings in Synapses serie, I describe them as "synapses between heaven and earth" and can last months or just days, they start by mentally projecting color contrasts, sizes, until the first contact on the canvas with acrylic, it is the most calm and rational part, it's the preparation for "heaven" for the dripping sessions for abstract expressionism, all culminating in emotive, intense, vibrant, unique and passionate paintings that will bring good energies to any hall or room.

To the contemporary samurai was given an arduous task.
The samurai warrior of yore based his conduct on the principles of Bushido, considered a code of conduct.
This code stood out for extreme rigidity.
A self-respecting samurai fulfilled the letter or risked having to redeem himself, washing his honor through the Harakiri (Suicide Ritual).
Contemporary Samurai feeds itself with some contradictions, as it often does not see a way to comply with the code without feeling that it runs over someone.
The impositions that surround him make him believe that he has to meet goals and requirements so that he is seen as morally accepted, fitting into the box that made him be as correct and perfect but every second life presents him with a new and almost challenging never the measurements are those of the box ...
An internal struggle begins. There are tears of blood ...
This being feels itself in constant battle ..
Should you comply with the code to become ethically irreproachable, to be accepted in the format of other times?
Are the values ​​in disuse?
Should the code be revised?
Is it possible to reconstruct the code, adapting it to the current times while maintaining the essence?

Abstract artwork intuitive emotional and extremely beautiful, it's a painting made by me Luís Bastos, one of a kind, original and genuine.

I'll ship it ready to hang, gallery wrapped, with hooks on the back, no need for framing cause the edges are painted. I can sign the painting on front but only by request. Authenticity certificated included. Shipping in 5 days.

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Added Jan 27, 2020

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