Translucence of fine porcelain

(..) When I was young art was a vehicle that created anxiety and insecurity. (..) The first thing you have to do is to develop a personal iconography [beeld] and vocabulary [woord]. This vocabulary let you control physiology [lichaam] and the secretions that take place within the body. There is a sense of power that comes from being able to create some effects, some intellectual and physical reactions. (..) What art is able to do ? People talk about aesthetics, but at the end of the day, art is a vehicle of acceptance. First you accept yourself. Eventually you accept others (..)

(Hoe Jeff Koons kunst, of misschien beter zichzelf, beschrijft met de woorden : angst, controle en aanvaarding)







he breaks the silence

and yet he hesitates. half unwilling

something comes to the mind
it is something about something

the sea

to ask
where is the sea he asks

where is the shore
he fears as the devil

himself his
cleverness

we move, we move, the mass of the people
moves is he trying to escape ? to enter ?

(George Oppen, 'Artist', uit : New Collected Poems, 2008)