BETWEEN
and With
2013. 03. 18 - 2013. 03. 28
Forward: Clouds by Wislawa Szymborska
Clouds
by
Wislawa Symborska
I’d have to be really quick to describe clouds -
a split second’s enough for them to start being something else.
‘Between’ and ‘with’ Series of 5 Cloud pencil drawings, 25"x36”, 2012
Their trademark: they don’t repeat a single shape, shade, pose, arrangement.
Unburdened by memory of any kind, they float easily over the facts.
What on Earth could they bear witness to?
Compared to clouds, life rests on solid ground, practically permanent, almost eternal.
Next to clouds, even a stone seems like a brother, someone you can trust, while they’re just distant, flighty cousins.
