“Emptiness is the track on which the centered person moves” -Tibetan saying
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I have worked out what’s going on
with these letters to no one
published and forgotten.
I am testifying
purifying through action
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throwing breadcrumbs…bending branches
marking trunks …writing on walls
getting lost
leaving a shul
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I had the pleasure of coming upon this picture
…yes, I was aimlessly peeling
pinterest’s onionesque layers
seeking that moment
no one can absolutely explain
when you experience something
that inspires intimacy
an object or work of art
a piece of writing
a surface, a piece of music
…wanting to be moved
Untitled (A Painting in Two Parts) (Part 1) 1896 – Cy Twombly
and there it was
like the rush of a drug
but better…purer…
like everything that is beautiful and terrible
within this existence encloses you completely
and you feel the perfection of everything
you disappear for a moment
and for a couple of seconds
you understand why you are here
it all makes sense
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I’m only looking at an image of this work
what must it be like to stand with such a piece
to set aside the fact that it was painted by a great artist
and all the weight that comes with that
to put away all ideas of whether you think it is good or bad
to just stand there and look
even in reproduction
it holds a raw energy
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these pieces, when I find them
leave a shule in me
they teach me how to look
they confirm what I am seeking
they remind me why I continue to work
why I want to engage in a dialogue
with artists living and dead
to be part of the conversation
that is art
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(Tibetan: shul, “a mark that remains after that which made it has passed by,the scarred hollow in the ground where a house once stood, the channel worn through rock where a river runs in flood, the indentation in the grass where an animal slept)
Lisa Arronis 