Paul Nicklen for National Geographic arial photographs of the Colorado River, “Delta” as it flows into Baja, Mexico. Appearing like water colors, the work demonstrates the desperate remains of the Colorado River, ravaged by drought.
when georges bataille wrote, “no greater desire exists than a wounded person’s need for another wound” & when gillian flynn wrote, “a child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort” & when ocean vuong wrote, “sometimes being offered tenderness feels like the very proof that you’ve been ruined” & when lisa m. basile wrote, “did you inherit a sickness? did you blame god? do you believe in god? do you believe in yourself? are you still on fire? did you ever put out the fire?” & when stephen a. guirgis wrote, “why didn’t you make me good enough so that you could’ve loved me?”
The Fall of Icarus, made in Italy in the late sixteenth century. A cameo (agate, onyx) with a gold frame. 2.7 x 2.4cm (a square inch). Some of the waves are less than 1mm.
