Michelangelo said that a figure was already inside the stone, waiting to be released. I can't say that it felt that way often for me, carving this statue.... But there were moments when I could 'feel' the figure, waiting there for me. I liked these rough stages, with all the evidence of careful checking against the model, the claw marks, the drill divets, mystery and geometry still clinging to the figure.

Sunday at Vincent's

Sunday morning at Vincent's cafe
we are cozily lingering over our coffe
tea, chocolate souffle' as perspective
diners peer in the glass, craning their birdlike
necks, noses as food disappears (too slowly)
from each plate. They are waiting for a seat
at the birdfeeder.

History

It depends on what you are looking for.









My thought with these two images is that you can focus on different areas, which change your experience. On the left, you can focus on the skeleton, or the body in orange. On the right you can focus on the narrow viewpoint available between the brick walls of the fire escape, or on the rooftop, tree, and building, visible through the opening. I think that History, whether personal or shared, is like this. By adjusting your viewpoint, the size of your viewfinder or the type of vision you use (x-ray, etc) the whole scene changes. Of course, Quantum physics tells us that just by looking at something we change it. But didn't literature and history already show us that? Sometimes, shifting perspective is amusing, and other times life changing. Trying to imagine another viewpoint is worth doing...if nothing else, it helps to prevent dementia.

Prehistory

A few images from the past.
Everything has a beginning and something before the beginning.

Rodin's images come from mythology, history, and now he is both himself. His Burghers of Calais haunting in their willingness.

Emotion, a model stripped to skeleton, a night
snow We only catch glimpses.