Alberto Manguel
Perhaps this.
So often I seek solace in books, trying to find the words that somebody has managed to think, arrange, and express, that go close to how I am feeling. There is a form of validation that occurs when you realise somebody else has felt this way and has thought about things from this perspective; that they too have felt bewildered, terrified or hopeless by the turns in events.
I like that way he considers that we return to books, to find words for what we already know.
Perhaps we know, but we simply can't express; and the gift is that somebody else can and has.
Perfect.
I come to quiet knowings, 2009.
I love "I come to quiet knowings." I'm reminded of poet Marilyn Hacker's line, "I crave uncomplicated quiet and the sky." Your art so beautifully captures what is expressed in both quotes.
ReplyDelete"I come to quiet knowings", a beautiful, simple statement that says so much. Simplicity at it's best.
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