VIRGINIA WOOLF

"... that behind the cotton wool is hidden a pattern; that we - I mean all human beings - are connected with this; that the whole world is a work of art; that we are parts of the work of art. HAMLET OR A BEETHOVEN QUARTET IS THE TRUTH ABOUT THIS VAST MASS THAT WE CALL THE WORLD. BUT THERE IS NO SHAKESPEARE, THERE IS NO BEETHOVEN; CERTAINLY AND EMPHATICALLY THERE IS NO GOD; WE ARE THE WORDS; WE ARE THE MUSIC; WE ARE THE THING ITSELF. (From a "Sketch of the Past").

Sunday, July 19, 2009

TIME PASSES

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Paper: rice

Edition: None 1/5 artist's proofs

Inspired by reading TO THE LIGHTHOUSE, I used the drift wood found on the beach of our backyard to make this first interpretation of the novel, combining a matrix made by impressing leaves and dried weeds into a layer of modeling paste. When dried, the surface was then painted with a coat of clear polyeurothane varnish for hardening, then printing. It was an experimental piece. Later, an alternative approach was chosen to make a new series, which I called impressions of TO THE LIGHTHOUSE.

I have lately come across the recorded voice of Virginia Woolf reading 'Craftsmanship' on YouTube, with other related recordings and videos, which may be of interest to those who tried earlier to source this material.