“There are all kinds of silences and each one of them means something different. There is the silence that comes with the morning in a forest, and this is different from the silence of a sleeping city. There is silence after a storm and before a storm, and they are not the same. There is the silence of emptiness, the silence of fear, the silence of doubt. There is a certain silence that can emanate from a lifeless object such as a recently used chair, or a piano with old dust on its keys, or anything that has responded to a man's need, for pleasure or work. This type of silence can speak. His voice can be melancholic, but it is not always like that; because the chair may have been left by a laughing child or the last notes of the piano may have been strident and joyous. Whatever the mood or the circumstances, the essence of your quality can remain in the silence that follows. It is a silent echo."
West with the night. Beryl Markham
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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.
“There are all kinds of silences and each one of them means something different. There is the silence that comes with the morning in a forest, and this is different from the silence of a sleeping city. There is silence after a storm and before a storm, and they are not the same. There is the silence of emptiness, the silence of fear, the silence of doubt. There is a certain silence that can emanate from a lifeless object such as a recently used chair, or a piano with old dust on its keys, or anything that has responded to a man's need, for pleasure or work. This type of silence can speak. His voice can be melancholic, but it is not always like that; because the chair may have been left by a laughing child or the last notes of the piano may have been strident and joyous. Whatever the mood or the circumstances, the essence of your quality can remain in the silence that follows. It is a silent echo."
West with the night. Beryl Markham
***
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.
