{"product_id":"pour-on-i-will-endure","title":"\"Pour On, I Will Endure\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrints:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eLimited edition of 10\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Artwork:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Pour On, I Will Endure”\u003c\/em\u003e is a black and white art piece about \u003cstrong\u003eresilience\u003c\/strong\u003e and the pressures we cannot control. Two ornate vases hang in midair from marionette strings, each tipped to pour a stream of beads. As the streams fall they twist around each other, echoing the intertwined serpents of the caduceus, a familiar emblem of \u003cstrong\u003ehealing\u003c\/strong\u003e. Beneath each vase, the stars of Aquarius mark the sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePuppet strings\u003c\/strong\u003e are a long standing symbol of \u003cstrong\u003econtrol\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003efate\u003c\/strong\u003e, and unseen \u003cstrong\u003einfluence\u003c\/strong\u003e. Marionettes appear in ancient Greece and in the kathputli tradition of Rajasthan in India. Plato used the image in his \u003cem\u003eLaws\u003c\/em\u003e, describing humans as puppets of the gods, pulled by the cords of pleasure and pain and steadied by the golden cord of reason. In \u003cem\u003e“Pour On, I Will Endure,”\u003c\/em\u003e the strings decide the angle of the vases. They suggest forces that shape our circumstances without asking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVessels\u003c\/strong\u003e have held water, grain, oil, and memory for as long as people have made them. In Hindu tradition, the purna kumbha, or full pot, signifies \u003cstrong\u003eabundance\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003elife\u003c\/strong\u003e force. In Greek mythology, Pandora’s jar released hardship into the world but kept \u003cstrong\u003ehope\u003c\/strong\u003e inside. Christian scripture describes \u003cstrong\u003etreasure\u003c\/strong\u003e carried in jars of clay, fragile containers holding something durable. Here the vases are patterned with suns and sweeping lines, and they pour steadily rather than break.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAquarius\u003c\/strong\u003e, the Water Bearer, is traditionally pictured pouring from an urn. The Babylonians linked this part of the sky with Ea, god of fresh water, and with the rainy season. The Greeks identified the figure with Ganymede, cupbearer to the gods. In astrology, Aquarius is associated with \u003cstrong\u003eindependence\u003c\/strong\u003e and long range \u003cstrong\u003evision\u003c\/strong\u003e. Placed beneath the vases in \u003cem\u003e“Pour On, I Will Endure,”\u003c\/em\u003e the constellations frame the pouring as part of a larger cycle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTogether, these elements describe what it means to \u003cstrong\u003ekeep going\u003c\/strong\u003e under pressure. The strings tilt the vases, the vases empty, and what falls does not scatter but takes the shape of a healing symbol. \u003cem\u003e“Pour On, I Will Endure”\u003c\/em\u003e reads as a statement of \u003cstrong\u003epersistence\u003c\/strong\u003e: let life pour as it will, and I will continue. This black and white art piece is about \u003cstrong\u003eendurance\u003c\/strong\u003e rather than escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Pour on, I will endure.\" ― Shakespeare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Karien Bredenkamp","offers":[{"title":"Limited Edition Print","offer_id":67899803631770,"sku":"EK22747194","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Original","offer_id":67899803664538,"sku":"EK11747194","price":390.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0488\/3375\/7338\/files\/Pour-On-I-Will-Endure-1-Detail-On-Grey.jpg?v=1792343562","url":"https:\/\/www.karienbredenkamp.com\/products\/pour-on-i-will-endure","provider":"Karien Bredenkamp","version":"1.0","type":"link"}