07 May 2024

Conspiracy of Visibilities

I want to exist beyond myself: with the embodied ones.
I want to exist as what I am: as a fixed idea. I want to bark, instead of praising the silence of the space you're born into.
— Alejandra Pizarnik
Collection of random and evolving artworks painted on, painted over, painted again, both sides of a small free-standing FREEWALL placed two years ago in a Eugene city park south of the Riverwalk and east of the I-105 bridge. Click to enlarge
Let's begin by saying that Shadow has died.
 — Alejandra Pizarnik
Which mask will I wear when I emerge from the shadows?
— Alejandra Pizarnik
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Alejandra Pizarnik (Argentina 1936-1972) from Extracting the Stone of Sadness: Poems 1962-1972 (trans from Spanish by Yvette Siegert, 2016 New Directions)

Painting/drawing on utility box near the FREEWALL, echoing the resonant resilience of street art.