"When an apple is ripe and falls from the tree, why does it do so? Because of the attraction of the earth? Because its stem has dried out? Because the sun has dried it? Because the wind blows it? Or because the child underneath wants to eat it?
None of these causes alone. It is a concurrence of conditions — a vital, organic, elementary event. And the botanist who discovers that the apple falls because its cellular tissue decays, etc., will be just as right as the child who, under the tree, says that the apple fell because it wanted to be eaten and prayed for it. And whoever says that Napoleon reached Moscow because that was his desire and that he fell because Alexander willed it will be right — and wrong — just as much as the one who claims that a mountain, which has millions of pounds and has been undermined, crumbled because the last worker struck it with his pick. In historical events, the so-called ‘great men’ are labels that give a title to the event, and like labels, they are those who have the least relation to the event."
From War and Peace - Leon Tólstoi
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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.
"When an apple is ripe and falls from the tree, why does it do so? Because of the attraction of the earth? Because its stem has dried out? Because the sun has dried it? Because the wind blows it? Or because the child underneath wants to eat it?
None of these causes alone. It is a concurrence of conditions — a vital, organic, elementary event. And the botanist who discovers that the apple falls because its cellular tissue decays, etc., will be just as right as the child who, under the tree, says that the apple fell because it wanted to be eaten and prayed for it. And whoever says that Napoleon reached Moscow because that was his desire and that he fell because Alexander willed it will be right — and wrong — just as much as the one who claims that a mountain, which has millions of pounds and has been undermined, crumbled because the last worker struck it with his pick. In historical events, the so-called ‘great men’ are labels that give a title to the event, and like labels, they are those who have the least relation to the event."
From War and Peace - Leon Tólstoi
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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.
