Shui-lyn White

The magi l And in truth, we were no longer familiar with the old places, with the faded romances of our youth. We returned as strangers to a foreign land, our stories unwelcome.	The magi ll	Magi lll And now, reversing the due order, let us work our way backwards, upending the ending to begin at a place known only in time. As if this would change it all - or nothing.
Homo Deus Looking back, how to know then what we'd become? And having become, to recognise who were were then?	the magi lV

The Magi series of oil paintings find their inspiration in T.S. Eliot's poem - Journey of the Magi - which provides a starting point for the exploration of journeys we undertake in search of a better life, or a better self; an exploration of the emotional subtext in exile, departure, arrival and return, and the contemporary yet age-old issue of migration.

The images are accompanied by poetic re-imagingings penned by the artist.

Media: oil on canvas (51cmx51cm)

The Journey of the Magi

Journey of the Magi: poem

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The magi l

And in truth, we were no longer familiar with the old places, with the faded romances of our youth. We returned as strangers to a foreign land, our stories unwelcome.

The magi ll

Magi lll

And now, reversing the due order, let us work our way backwards, upending the ending to begin at a place known only in time. As if this would change it all - or nothing.

Homo Deus

Looking back, how to know then what we'd become? And having become, to recognise who were were then?

the magi lV

The Journey of the Magi