Essay und Fotografien
Purposeful Mayonnaise, Issue 2 vol.1, Seiten 64-77
In der Englischen Sprache
17 Fotografien und 17 Begleittexte; ein Gedankenspiel über die Bedeutung der Kunst und die Bedeutung der Liebe, über ihre Verwandtschaft und die unendliche Einsamkeit, die sich an ihre Fersen heftet
Ausschnitt:
Love and art have the same purpose: unconditional and inexplicable desire; so, it is highly probable that love and art are the same movement of a soul. Rituals of love are as intimate and ambiguous as art rituals; the connection between being in love and being loved breaks under the slightest touch. Lovers are strangers on the square in Venice, trapped in the web of sounds and lights, and sometimes also forget to press the button, that opens the lens of the camera to capture a dissolving moment of ephemeral togetherness.
The moment always dissolves, memory cannot hold it firmly. The moment finds its way to escape, to flee from the cage of human sentimentality.
The moment is the ghost of a dead dragon, that floats through the walls, floors and ceilings of the mind, seeking a cave to rest. Dragons like gold, they have cold blood, that’s why warm sweaty palms of nostalgia disgust them.
Ivan Strelkin 