"To die... to sleep; No more! And by a sleep to say we end the heart-ache, And the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to—’Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished! To die... to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream—ay, there’s the rub: For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause—there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life. For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of unrequited love, The law’s delay, the insolence of office, And the spurns that patient merit of th' unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare sullied blade? Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death— The undiscover’d country from whose bourn No traveller returns—puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of?"
Hamlet - William Shakespeare
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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.
"To die... to sleep; No more! And by a sleep to say we end the heart-ache, And the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to—’Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished! To die... to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream—ay, there’s the rub: For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause—there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life. For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of unrequited love, The law’s delay, the insolence of office, And the spurns that patient merit of th' unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare sullied blade? Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death— The undiscover’d country from whose bourn No traveller returns—puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of?"
Hamlet - William Shakespeare
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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.
***
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.
