VIA SET CADIRES

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▪️ Fan quatre metres d'alçària i formen un museu a l'aire lliure que simbolitza l'essència dels pobles: la vida compartida al carrer

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THE SNAILS

The snail is a very characteristic and abundant animal in the region. On the one hand it evokes the slow movement (slow), the slow and conscious walk of the traveler through the different stages of the VIA SET CADIRES and on the other hand it carries a spiral in its shell, symbol of all evolution and change, the final goal of the route. Two large-scale originals of the two best known species of snails of the place, the Caragol Blanc and the Caragol Cristia, have been modeled to make copies and install them on the different chairs, finishing off the upper part of the chair backs.

VIA SET CADIRES is much more than 7 giant colorful chairs, this installation invites the traveler to make an inner journey, a journey of self-knowledge, slow and transformative, through its 7 stages, touring in a conscious way the region of Plana de l'Arc, and discovering some of its greatest treasures: its landscapes and landscapes, its gastronomy, its rich history and that special hospitality that characterizes them.

Steps of the VIA SET CADIRES

I. VIA ALMAE TERRAE

- Vilafamés -

You have arrived at the red chair, the color of beginnings. In Vilafames starts the Way of Mother Earth, the one that gives everything and asks nothing in return, the one that nourishes us and maintains life on the Planet. In the Muladhara Chakra lies the basis of our existence and our survival. The holm oak that adorns its back, is a shrub that you will surely find on the way, for its acorns do not confuse it with a holm oak or an oak. On the coscoja live cochineals that the Greeks obtained a crimson pigment, the same as the one that gives color to this chair.

Until we reach the orange chair, we will walk the path hand in hand with the element Earth as our traveling companion, observing and listening attentively to the nature that surrounds us. We are nature, we can feel how we connect to the earth we walk on and how its vital energy ascends throughout our body.

II. VIA CVPIDINVM

- Cabanes -

You are in the orange chair of Cabanes, at this point begins the Way of passions and desires. Do you know Cupid, that chubby angel with a bow and arrows? For the Romans he was the god of amorous desire. Be very attentive on this road, they say that Cupid shoots arrows at all who walk along it. Before your eyes is the Desert of the Palms, the Palm heart that crowns the back of the chair is a dwarf palm tree very abundant in this area, running into it means that the sea is near. Since the time of the Egyptians, ropes have been braided with its leaves and some even say that its buds are an aphrodisiac.

We are on the Way of the Svadhishthana Chakra, the residence of the Self and it will be the element Water that will accompany us on this Way. Water is synonymous with life, it is therefore highly respected in this place. On this path we will learn to flow as water does, to think of what we most desire, but also to be grateful for all that we have.

III. VIA VOLVNTATIS

- Vall d'Alba -

You are at the Pou de Beca in front of the yellow chair of La Vall d'Alba, the color of the sun and fire, the element that will accompany you on this new stage of the journey. At this point begins the Way of Willpower, the center of personal power that will allow you to reach the end of the journey you have set out on. The Almond tree crowns the back of the chair, a very friendly tree of these lands that announces with great fanfare the arrival of spring?

We are on the Way of the Manipura chakra, the subtle center of our body where self-love resides, that inner fire that ignites the moment we accept ourselves as we are. The Way that starts here is a path in which we can reflect on the confidence in ourselves, that superpower to materialize everything we imagine, that strength that allows us to dominate the desires and to discover a little further along the way.

IV. VIA CORDIS

- Benlloc -

In Benlloc you have reached the halfway point. This green chair, the color of nature and balance, symbolizes the union between the human and the divine. The path of the Heart, the path of unconditional love, empathy and generosity. Air is the element that will accompany us on this path, feel how each breath fills your lungs with pure air with the scent of the pine trees that surround you. The Vine crowns the back of this chair, a plant widely cultivated in this place. Since ancient times it is said that wine gives joy to the heart and soul, but only wine that is drunk in moderation.

This is the Way of the Anahata Chakra, the subtle energy center of love, compassion and empathy. This path teaches us that only when we love ourselves can we come to love others. From the energy of the heart we can connect mind and body, look at ourselves through the eyes of others and discover how important we all are in the path we walk together.

V. VIA NVNTIA

- Vilanova d'Alcolea -

You have arrived at the blue chair of Vilanova d'Alcolea, the color of the sky, of the spirit and of purity, the beginning of the Way of the Messenger. From this moment on you will be accompanied on your journey by the Ether element, the subtlest of all. The Olive tree crowns the back of this chair, it is the symbol of wisdom, abundance and peace. Some locals say that nearby there is an olive grove of almost a thousand springs from which an oil is obtained that, as the saying goes, "this olive oil removes all evil".

We are not alone on the path, there seems to be an invisible network that unites us all with the whole and that is why everything we think, say or do in some way affects others. Visshuddha chakra is the subtle center of communication, the access to a miraculous and mysterious path. Through speech, gestures and art we can communicate to others all that lives within us, nourish ourselves with what others tell us and even listen to our inner voice: the messenger.

VI. VIA SAPIENTIAE

- Torre d'en Doménec -

You have just arrived at a very special place next to the cemetery of La Torre d'en Doménec, of careful silence and respect. The purple chair is the beginning of the Way of Wisdom and divine perception. Although you are very close to crowning the journey, we now embark on a new path that goes beyond the material world, a path where you can perceive the world in a whole new way and begin to see through the invisible. The Fig Tree crowns the back of this chair. Ficus was the name given by the Romans to this tree, symbol of prosperity, fertility and fortune. Legend has it that its fragrant scent drives away evil spirits from the house and if you have never tasted some good ripe figs, you already have something pending to do.

Traveling the path of the Ajna Chakra, the center of intuition, we will discover that we can see without the need to look, we will discover the sixth sense, that compass that above our emotions and reason, guides our decisions and is never wrong. Once we connect to that infinite source of wisdom, what we once intuited is now clear perception and full consciousness.

VII. IANVA STELLARVM

- Les Coves de Vinromà -

Congratulations, you have reached the end and the beginning of the road, since it has no end. You are in front of the white chair of Les Coves de Vinromà, the Portal of the stars, the luminous union of all the colors of the path. This special place represents the awakening, that uncertain moment where the ego disappears and we merge into the totality of the Universe. The elegant carob tree crowns the back of this last chair. A Mediterranean tree par excellence, sacred for Moors and Christians, symbol of humility and generosity. It is said that some people survived in times of famine by eating its fruits.

Although we are at the top, only humility can guide you to the end of the path. Our highest subtle energy center, Sahasrara Chakra, is open to the universe. From now on we may begin to feel different, our limits will begin to expand to infinity and for an instant, we will feel in an eternal present being one with everything around us. It is precisely at this point where our journey began and to this point we will return again.

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