CRYING CANDLE

CRYING CANDLE by HELDER

This candle cries tears as the candle burns.

The weeping Rosa Mystica from Maasmechelen (Belgium) has been shedding tears continuously since August 8, 1983.
Sometimes the statue emits a strong scent of roses.

The inspiration for this work are representations and descriptions of weeping statues, icons and images of saints, which have been among the most sensational and controversial phenomena since the early eighties until today.
Are such phenomena really of miraculous origin?
The investigations into such miraculous tears where not to uncover a fraud, but rather an attempt to give an object a human ability, like crying.
The crying candle is a kind of Deus ex Machina (God from a theater machine).
A self-made miracle, which with her implausibility is able to surprise and to resolve an otherwise irresolvable plot situation.