all beads, thread, dimensions variable
I’M FLOATING IN A MOST PECULIAR WAY - AND THE STARS LOOK VERY DIFFERENT TODAY - FOR HERE AM I SITTING IN A TIN CAN - FAR ABOVE THE WORLD - PLANET EARTH IS BLUE - AND THERE’S NOTHING I CAN DO
David Bowie, Space Oddity
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NOT A SINGLE STAR WILL BE LEFT IN THE NIGHT. THE NIGHT WILL NOT BE LEFT. I WILL DIE AND, WITH ME, THE WEIGHT OF THE INTOLERABLE UNIVERSE. I SHALL ERASE THE PYRAMIDS, THE MEDALLIONS, THE CONTINENTS AND FACES. I SHALL ERASE THE ACCUMULATED PAST. I SHALL MAKE DUST OF HISTORY, DUST OF DUST. NOW I AM LOOKING ON THE FINAL SUNSET. I AM HEARING THE LAST BIRD. I BEQUEATH NOTHINGNESS TO NO ONE.
Jorge Luis Borges, THE SUICIDE
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“MY LIFE WAS HURRYING, RACING TRAGICALLY TOWARD ITS END. AND YET AT THE SAME TIME IT WAS DRIPPING SO SLOWLY, SO VERY SLOWLY NOW, HOUR BY HOUR, MINUTE BY MINUTE. ONE ALWAYS HAS TO WAIT UNTIL THE SUGAR MELTS, THE MEMORY DIES, THE WOUND SCARS OVER, THE SUN SETS, THE UNHAPPINESS LIFTS AND FADES AWAY.”
Simone de Beauvoir, The Woman Destroyed
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I AM NOT SURE THAT I EXIST, ACTUALLY. I AM ALL THE WRITERS THAT I HAVE READ, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I HAVE MET, ALL THE WOMEN THAT I HAVE LOVED; ALL THE CITIES I HAVE VISITED
Jorge Luis Borges
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WITH ME, THE PRESENT IS FOREVER, AND FOREVER IS ALWAYS SHIFTING, FLOWING, MELTING. THIS SECOND IS LIFE. AND WHEN IT IS GONE IT IS DEAD. BUT YOU CAN'T START OVER WITH EACH NEW SECOND. YOU HAVE TO JUDGE BY WHAT IS DEAD. IT'S LIKE QUICKSAND ... HOPELESS FROM THE START. … NOTHING IS REAL EXCEPT THE PRESENT, AND ALREADY, I FEEL THE WEIGHT OF CENTURIES SMOTHERING ME. … I AM THE PRESENT, BUT I KNOW I, TOO, WILL PASS. THE HIGH MOMENT, THE BURNING FLASH, COME AND ARE GONE, CONTINUOUS QUICKSAND. AND I DON'T WANT TO DIE.
Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals
Banner / Sylvia Plath, 2020, glasbeads, thread, ca 40 x 20 x 2cm
I TOOK A DEEP BREATH AND LISTENED TO THE OLD BRAG OF MY HEART. I AM, I AM, I AM. (Sylvia Plath)
Banner / Sylvia Plath, 2020, glasbeads, thread, ca 40 x 20 x 2cm
Banner / David Bowie, 2020, glasbeads, thread, ca 80 x 40 x 2cm
I’M FLOATING IN A MOST PECULIAR WAY - AND THE STARS LOOK VERY DIFFERENT TODAY - FOR HERE AM I SITTING IN A TIN CAN - FAR ABOVE THE WORLD - PLANET EARTH IS BLUE - AND THERE’S NOTHING I CAN DO
(David Bowie, Space Oddity)
Banner / David Bowie, 2020, glasbeads, thread, ca 80 x 40 x 2cm
Banner / Mark Twain, 2020, glas beads, thread, ca 80 x 40 x 2cm
NOTHING EXISTS; ALL IS A DREAM. GOD—MAN—THE WORLD—THE SUN, THE MOON, THE WILDERNESS OF STARS—A DREAM, ALL A DREAM; THEY HAVE NO EXISTENCE. NOTHING EXISTS SAVE EMPTY SPACE—AND YOU!...AND YOU ARE NOT YOU—YOU HAVE NO BODY, NO BLOOD, NO BONES, YOU ARE BUT A THOUGHT.
(Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger)
Banner / Mark Twain, 2020, glas beads, thread, ca 80 x 40 x 2cm
Banner / Mark Twain, 2020, glas beads, thread, ca 80 x 40 x 2cm