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The young voice/ Throwing out for love (from "The soul reaching, throwing out for love, as the spider, from some little promontory, throwing out filament after filament, tirelessly out of itself, that one at least may catch and form a link, a bridge, a connection"
Walt Whitman in the uncollected poetry and prose)
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The elephant in the Shanghai zoo/ drop by drop (in Indianapolis on the occasion of Martin Luther Kingıs death, Bobby Kennedy quoting Aeschylus, "Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God." papier maché, aqua resin, paint, woodcut, cord, steel, wood



The hero's vague soul
( from Robbe Grillet on the future of the novel) papier maché, aqua resin, paint, woodcut, cord, little balls, wood


Virtuous circle/ Art's heartıs purpose (DFW) papier maché, aqua resin, paint, woodcut, cord, wood, hairnets


The heart does not care which life it beats for (Karl Ove Knausgarde)
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Ripple/ The miraculous and the everyday papier maché, aqua resin, paint, woodcut, cord, little balls, wood


Too big for the baby swing
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Stacked papier maché, aqua resin, paint, woodcut, cord, 4 large rolls of black tape, wood, juvenile humour, balls, hairnets

Tokyo Zigzag/ Words in a longer sentence ( Zadie Smith on D.F.W. ) papier maché, aqua resin, paint, woodcut, cord, wood


Snowman / Become a reader of your own heart
(adapted from Martha Nussbaum, Love's Knowledge) / The low hum is your circulating blood. The high whine is your nervous system (re Harvard soundproofing room explanation to John Cage)
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Every step might be a fall (Borges)
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