Friday 22 January 2010
a tribute to Oriental Elegy
I go from the feelings, and I think that what always interests me is just those feelings that only a spiritual person could experience: the feelings of farewells and separations. I think that the drama of death is the drama of separation.
In Japanese art there is a concept of mono no aware, sweet sadness, the pleasure of endings, of autumn and seeing a dying leaf. But for Russia, sweet sadness and pleasant farewells are not possible. On the contrary, in the Russian sense of elegy, it's a very deep, vertical feeling, not a delighting one. It gets you deeply, sharply, painfully. It's massive.
In Japanese art there is a concept of mono no aware, sweet sadness, the pleasure of endings, of autumn and seeing a dying leaf. But for Russia, sweet sadness and pleasant farewells are not possible. On the contrary, in the Russian sense of elegy, it's a very deep, vertical feeling, not a delighting one. It gets you deeply, sharply, painfully. It's massive.
Sokurov
Sunday 17 January 2010
À Mon Seul Désir
to my only desire
this is a death looking at you
through the flesh of my song
this is a death looking at you
through the flesh of my song
beauty alone has stirred my soul
and your body, you ask, your body
and your body, you ask, your body
caution, my love,
caution toward this night
of my gaze
caution toward this night
of my gaze
who will surrender
the unicorn asks
unfolding her music
(Selfportrait as The Lady with the Silent Bell,
a fanciful re-reading of the Cluny tapestries)
Wednesday 13 January 2010
asking the moon
Did I
have a soul
did I
have too much.
I gathered
some
things.
I took
them
inside.
I asked
the
wily Moon.
Looking
down
on me.
I went
on
pathways.
What stays
are the remains
and memories
of the backhalf
of life
never again
to be first
of things
now among things
I am only.
are the remains
and memories
of the backhalf
of life
never again
to be first
of things
now among things
I am only.
There is a sphere
beyond hope
there is light
in the darkness.
This is all
you know
it is enough
to know.
beyond hope
there is light
in the darkness.
This is all
you know
it is enough
to know.
Wednesday 6 January 2010
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