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good day. i have been admiring your images. in the last one, i think that is the name of G-d in Hebrew letters. Und the German says “hier ist kein warum,” “here there is no why”. the ambiguity is exquisite. but to say “here there is no why,” we say “hier da ist kein warum.” the omission of “da” (there) suggests “here, i present you with something that is not a why.” maybe it’s a how, or a who, or a what. i am wondering.
You’re correct about the Hebrew. I speak no German, that’s a quote of a quote that I found in this book. A Nazi officer said it to a prisoner at Auschwitz. So I too am intrigued by the ambiguity — it may have been intentional, but the intention was not mine.
this is many gorgeous x scans inside a secret box full of luscious levers and heavy hips. let those calendars run through their days; for i am a double set of nostrils, eyes, arms, hands, and tits. I am the twin of one. one lovely man. hilter had many cows and he drank from their tits.
May 22, 2007 at 11:15 am
These are awesome.
May 22, 2007 at 12:05 pm
[...] 22nd, 2007 at 12:03 pm (80 Proof, existence, art) Check out the most recent 80 Proof project, The Tree of Death. It’s a brief series of poem-drawings about the process of processing tragedy. Sort [...]
May 23, 2007 at 10:16 am
good day. i have been admiring your images. in the last one, i think that is the name of G-d in Hebrew letters. Und the German says “hier ist kein warum,” “here there is no why”. the ambiguity is exquisite. but to say “here there is no why,” we say “hier da ist kein warum.” the omission of “da” (there) suggests “here, i present you with something that is not a why.” maybe it’s a how, or a who, or a what. i am wondering.
May 23, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Hi Helga!
You’re correct about the Hebrew. I speak no German, that’s a quote of a quote that I found in this book. A Nazi officer said it to a prisoner at Auschwitz. So I too am intrigued by the ambiguity — it may have been intentional, but the intention was not mine.
Thanks for your insights, and thanks for looking.
June 3, 2007 at 10:21 am
this is many gorgeous x scans inside a secret box full of luscious levers and heavy hips. let those calendars run through their days; for i am a double set of nostrils, eyes, arms, hands, and tits. I am the twin of one. one lovely man. hilter had many cows and he drank from their tits.