I just waited for it to subside before doing anything else
Drinking glasses, towel, acrylic on broken canvas, rusted metal sheet, leather wallet, cardboard, plywood, wall putty, sofa cushions, LED lamp, air dried clay and looped video projection
2020
Sometimes I don't know what to do with all this time. I would try to do the things that I know I am capable of, but sometimes I notice that too much is happening.
What exactly are we working towards?
I remember you asking me just before we parted. I realised that maybe it actually matters where we might end up. “I just want to stay in this moment forever.” I remember hearing this line somewhere, maybe someone said it to me or maybe I heard it in a film. Actually, I was probably the one that said it. I always remember this sentence whenever I struggle to move on or when I don't know how or try to bring things to an end.
I had a headache the other day. Actually I have been getting the occasional headache but why do my headaches last the whole day? I couldn’t do anything, which meant I didn’t do anything to remedy it. I just waited for it to subside before doing anything else. I could’ve taken some painkillers but I didn’t. Only because I felt I have been taking them too often and I heard it is bad for your liver. I tried lying down on my sofa, but the sunlight was shining too strongly onto the sofa and into my eyes. I was too stubborn to move, so I laid there, motionless, hoping that the sunlight would disappear. It didn’t. I went to my bed and tried taking a nap, but the headache worsened already, and it kept lingering in my head. I couldn’t ignore it. I couldn’t fall asleep.
All good things must come to an end.
And here I am trying to recall what was good to even begin with? Even if it was, how long would it take for us to realise it has gone bad? The more I think about it, the more I realised that I couldn’t just depend on some sort of fate or luck to bring me what I wanted.
Stop making these excuses. Everything we did, everything that we will do, all of it contributes. to every moment of our lives.
What exactly are we working towards?
I remember you asking me just before we parted. I realised that maybe it actually matters where we might end up. “I just want to stay in this moment forever.” I remember hearing this line somewhere, maybe someone said it to me or maybe I heard it in a film. Actually, I was probably the one that said it. I always remember this sentence whenever I struggle to move on or when I don't know how or try to bring things to an end.
I had a headache the other day. Actually I have been getting the occasional headache but why do my headaches last the whole day? I couldn’t do anything, which meant I didn’t do anything to remedy it. I just waited for it to subside before doing anything else. I could’ve taken some painkillers but I didn’t. Only because I felt I have been taking them too often and I heard it is bad for your liver. I tried lying down on my sofa, but the sunlight was shining too strongly onto the sofa and into my eyes. I was too stubborn to move, so I laid there, motionless, hoping that the sunlight would disappear. It didn’t. I went to my bed and tried taking a nap, but the headache worsened already, and it kept lingering in my head. I couldn’t ignore it. I couldn’t fall asleep.
All good things must come to an end.
And here I am trying to recall what was good to even begin with? Even if it was, how long would it take for us to realise it has gone bad? The more I think about it, the more I realised that I couldn’t just depend on some sort of fate or luck to bring me what I wanted.
Stop making these excuses. Everything we did, everything that we will do, all of it contributes. to every moment of our lives.
Shown as part of A Finger in Every Pie at Susan Bites by the Balcony, The Hague, Netherlands
with Gegee Ayurzana, Natalia Nikoniuk, Max van Olffen, Livia Claesson, Catelijne Boele, Anca Bârjovanu, Laurence Herfs, Andrea van Gelder, Michel Heen, Kamila Sipika, Juwon Lee
Curated by Arthur Cordier and Valentino Russo
with Gegee Ayurzana, Natalia Nikoniuk, Max van Olffen, Livia Claesson, Catelijne Boele, Anca Bârjovanu, Laurence Herfs, Andrea van Gelder, Michel Heen, Kamila Sipika, Juwon Lee
Curated by Arthur Cordier and Valentino Russo