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ode to beksinski

            If you've ever watched a timelapse of a seed growing into a bud growing into a flower, or a ripe strawberry being overtaken by mold, or a baby growing into a child growing into an adult, then perhaps you know that continuity does not mean that something stays continuously the same, but rather continuously changes.

Anger will recede into forgiveness, but that does not mean it is a different thing altogether. Life is a series of shifts and transformations, the latest version only possible because of its predecessor. 

A similar metamorphosis happens in art. The exacting days of impressionism, or cubism, or surrealism, may not exist in their heyday, but they have been reimagined again and again, fought against and romanticized, until we scroll here, now, looking at so much art that has exploded only thanks to the timelapse of art across the ages.

Today I'm taking a moment to be grateful for the timelapse of my life, and of the art that has preceded me to get to this place, and to all the shifts that are yet to come, should I be so lucky.

"Ode to Beksinski" self-portrait January 2024
Zdzislaw Beksinski is my favorite painter, and this year I'm taking some time to navigate through my most fundamental inspirations and pay homage to the roads they paved.

Taken on: January 17, 2024

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