"She stayed looking at her for a long while. He felt a distant pity, a begrudging friendship, and a kind of familial respect. He also felt tired sorrow, because he knew that seeing her again would no longer bring him the agony of desire he once knew, and he knew he would never be moved to have her close again, as he had been before. The sadness eased and gently wrapped him, extinguished the light, and he lay down in bed beside her."
"They had reached that point in their life together when they almost didn't speak of themselves anymore, lest the delicate balance that allowed them to live together be broken."
"In his forty-third year, William Stoner learned what others, much younger, had learned before him: that the person you love at the beginning is not the same as the person you love at the end, and that love is not an end but a process through which one tries to truly know another."
Stoner - John Williams
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The poppy is a wild and delicate flower. It has been used for a long time as a symbol of peace, sleep and death. It is a special flower. It does not allow to be cut, it decomposes and falls apart quickly. The brilliant color and vibrancy that it presents in the field does not last even a few minutes in our hands. If we want to keep it, to make it remain, it will be necessary to elaborate it, work it in such a way that it does not spoil. The resulting, imperfect, nature will be much more complete and elegant… and will remain.
Love and beauty are the two fundamental challenges of the human being and it takes a lifetime to understand them.
Beauty repairs.
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Photograph on 100% cotton Hahnemühle paper with pigmented inks, natural walnut wood frame and museum glass (70% anti-reflective and 90% UVA protection). Red collection (51 pieces). White collection (32 pieces). Numbered and signed work (25 editions of each piece). Each piece comes in a black case, with "Jaime Sicilia" stamped on the cover, specially designed for this project.
"She stayed looking at her for a long while. He felt a distant pity, a begrudging friendship, and a kind of familial respect. He also felt tired sorrow, because he knew that seeing her again would no longer bring him the agony of desire he once knew, and he knew he would never be moved to have her close again, as he had been before. The sadness eased and gently wrapped him, extinguished the light, and he lay down in bed beside her."
"They had reached that point in their life together when they almost didn't speak of themselves anymore, lest the delicate balance that allowed them to live together be broken."
"In his forty-third year, William Stoner learned what others, much younger, had learned before him: that the person you love at the beginning is not the same as the person you love at the end, and that love is not an end but a process through which one tries to truly know another."
Stoner - John Williams
***
The poppy is a wild and delicate flower. It has been used for a long time as a symbol of peace, sleep and death. It is a special flower. It does not allow to be cut, it decomposes and falls apart quickly. The brilliant color and vibrancy that it presents in the field does not last even a few minutes in our hands. If we want to keep it, to make it remain, it will be necessary to elaborate it, work it in such a way that it does not spoil. The resulting, imperfect, nature will be much more complete and elegant… and will remain.
Love and beauty are the two fundamental challenges of the human being and it takes a lifetime to understand them.
Beauty repairs.
***
Photograph on 100% cotton Hahnemühle paper with pigmented inks, natural walnut wood frame and museum glass (70% anti-reflective and 90% UVA protection). Red collection (51 pieces). White collection (32 pieces). Numbered and signed work (25 editions of each piece). Each piece comes in a black case, with "Jaime Sicilia" stamped on the cover, specially designed for this project.
