Station 6 · my way
Old age
The split head, opening towards heaven, shows me the victory of the spirit — as a symbol of opening oneself to the knowledge of a greater whole. The disproportionately long legs are an unmistakable sign that my steps are too large, my path too short.
Station 06
Old age
Artist
Alain Ligier (France)
The old sage knows about the duality of the world that he or she has almost passed through. This alone, however, would not be enough. He or she already forebodes another world — one that is more encompassing, bigger, and spiritual. This does not mean the otherworld — for the next world is still world — but the breakthrough to a spiritual being, to a bigger entity — in the middle of life.
“Man is so much more than just man” (David Steindl-Rast). For our steps, the development possible for us, this “world” is too small, the path within it too short. The horizon, on the other hand, cannot limit our world; by walking on, we transgress our previous “world”, but expand it and push the horizon to ever further limits.
