1. Does "illumination" in the following sentence mean "the emission of light"?
2. Does "in which energy is crystallising" mean "in this processes the energies of body transform into crystals"?
Sentence:
After Abramovic’s split with Ulay, she began experimenting with crystals and the idea of ‘a state of illumination [which] is nothing other than a chemical transformation of the body in which energy is crystallising' (Art and Psychoanalysis by Maria Walsh).
In both cases, the artist's baloney is part of the artwork. What she means is anybody's guess, and that is the idea.
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In both cases, the artist's baloney is part of the artwork. What she means is anybody's guess, and that is the idea.