reducing life to a simple need, properly understood in relation to one’s capacity at the moment~
I know my aim~
merton
to set stone on stone, not for architecture, but for eternity.
hope so bright I can almost see it.
sarah manguso
what if it is this very hope, always simply this hope, that is what we are here for?
to be a stone
set one more stone on the architecture of this world, in just the way only we can.
a stone that is me, you, but that is everyone else as well. look how it fits
alongside yours mine so firmly solidly alongside
we build these buildings and bridges with many such stones
not just one.
and together they are strength
they are meant
and carry generations across creation.
it is what it is; the very what that is the is of life.
it is the stone
this stone
and it is the thread
that thread
passed through me to you, and carried on through giving
life, but also, creating life.
always. more. new.
so therefore, me, my stone
encaustic.
so therefore, many, their stone
art.
so therefore, all, our stone
create.
all for the hope
these threads that intertwine life together and create the colorful structure of this life-world.
that I exist is a perpetual surprise which is life.
This Hope.