this amalgamation which can never be more
than an interesting impossibility…
(Marianne Moore)
"You say, it’s dark. And in truth, I did place a cloud before your sun. But do you not see how the edges of the cloud are already glowing and turning light."
Friedrich Nietzsche (via bardsandsages)
The depth and substance of a friendship mirrors itself in the quality and shelter of the silence between two people. (John O’Donohue)
How do I feel about people who do not understand my poetry? I understand them. (Vera Pavlova)
Ed Ruscha, Miracle #64, 1975
From the National Galleries of Scotland:
This work is notably different from many of Ruscha’s works of the same period, most obviously in its exclusion of text. Yet Ruscha has created a bold image, with as much drama as his striking text works. A bright beam of light entering a black space has been created in pastel and zinc oxide, a whitening agent. An overall glow is created by the black pastel not being completely opaque, allowing the paper to shine through. In both subject matter and the title, there are obvious references to religion. However, it is also possible to relate the image to film, an important source of inspiration for Ruscha. He commented: “‘Hollywood dreams’ – I mean, think about it. Close your eyes and what does it mean, visually? It means a ray of light, actually, to me, rather than a success story.”
