Monday, October 02, 2006

Primordium


A blind sifting, an unmindful search for nutriment, stimulus-triggers guide the Primitive. Do we dare recognize ourselves in this brainless grasping, in this reflexive grope? Take note: even the body primeval allows the soul to inhabit its withered spaces.

This figure reminds us that Mouth and Orifice—the Stomata, the Spiracle—are fundaments, the sine qua non of Being. The rigid articulation of forms, the acanthine overtones, connote an almost unicellular innocence. Unlike previous specimens, the only symmetry on offer here is bilateral, fitting for this portrait of the all-Alpha.

All beginnings are small.

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