RODNEY ALAN GREENBLAT . Lemon Eye
Lemon Eye is a Buddha Manifestation from the seventh dimension whose purpose is to radiate joy and to protect and promote an open child-like mind. When pessimism, doubt and hopelessness overcome a being, Lemon Eye appears. A realization will then occur in the mind of the being and pessimism, doubt and hopelessness will be gently replaced with curiosity, openness and a sense of humor. Lemon eye will remain with the being for as long as the fresh perspective is needed.
Lemon Eye has a radial eye that can see through time and space, form and formless and see the interconnection that sparkles through eternity. With this eye it can see with total equality into the past and future karma that is generated by being. The radial eye has six or eight times compassion-wisdom with six or eight times total-equality.
Lemon Eye has a second eye that is the comparison eye that sees ordinary reality. Differences, concerns, judgements, dependencies are all in focus of the comparison eye. It also sees its own softness and strength. In this way there is a balance between what is seen to every being and the limits of their own temporal realities. This gives Lemon Eye supreme empathy and everyday perception.
Practically speaking, Lemon Eye is fresh and fun. Even if a being is overwhelmed by boredom or disgust, Lemon eye can brighten that unpleasant outlook. Let’s say the being is comfortable with their boredom or disgust, and doesn’t want the help of ever-positive Lemon Eye. In that case Lemon Eye can see and relate to that being’s state of mind and will not appear, or appear very briefly. In this way Lemon Eye is never annoying.
In another case, you may be reading this and feel amused or even impatient, knowing that Lemon Eye is not real, a creation of a living artist, and has more in common with cartoonish doodles than the sublime super-reality that is presented in this writing. For Lemon Eye, this is another valid truth, one to be respected and accepted with a smile.
Rodney Alan Greenblat (b.1960) - Selected Exhibitions: / 1981 Visual Arts Gallery New York / 1982 Museum of Art RISD Providence / 1983-1992 Gracie Mansion Gallery New York / 1984 Anna Friebe Gallery Cologne / 1985 Whitney Biennial New York / 1987 ICA Philadelphia / 1988 CAM Houston / 1989 John Berggruen Gallery San Francisco / 1992 Chrysler Museum Norfolk / 1993 PPOW Gallery New York / 1998 Parco Tokyo / 1999 Sony Plaza Tokyo / 2000-2002 Cafe Rodney Tokyo / 2001 Takashimaya Osaka / 2005-Present BCB ART Hudson / 2006 Centella Gallery Tucson / 2007 Art Print Japan Gallery Tokyo / 2020 Hudson Hall