Anti-Mass

[thoreau]

the "anti-mass" cube

This piece, Cornelia Parker's "Anti-Mass", is amongst my favorite at the Deyoung Museum here in San Francisco. The plaque on the wall next to this free-hanging cube of pieces of burned wood reads, in part: “This sculpture is constructed from the charred remains of a Southern Black Baptist church that was destroyed by arsonists....Parker’s cube appears to defy gravity, providing a monumental object for quiet meditation and reflection."

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I dreamt about this piece so vividly last night - that when I woke up at 1am - and reached for my bedside notebook I wrote interestingly enough -

"frolicking in Parker's AntiMass - warmed by the fire within the pieces of wood."

Holy crap what a dream that must have been.

Beyond waking and writing - I have no retained memory of the experience.

I don't remember who started me on the practice of keeping a dream notebook in the bedside table.... I think perhaps it might have been Anne Lamott (a writing mentor, author of Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life).....

anyways - - reading it this morning I had to go find the piece in my Deyoung photos.

Comments

[mark-monroe.livejournal.com]

It's so amazing...the materials themselves are poignant enough, but in this context..wow.

[bruinwi.livejournal.com]

The Ents are one of the first civilizations to fall under Borg assimilation.

The Borgs' attempt to convert their technologies to wood-based products proves ... disappointing, especially when they attempt to enter a planetary atmosphere.

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

your most recent BearwithMe is very touching.

thank you!

[bruinwi.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

I have my moments.

[bukephalus.livejournal.com]

What an evocative piece of art. Thank you for posting.

At the same time you were dreaming about art, I was dreaming about making pancakes, watching the bubbles pop on the warming doughy surfaces.

Okay, it's not as cool a dream as yours. But one must settle for what dreams may come.

[low-fat-muffin.livejournal.com]

now how is dreaming about pancakes any less cool!

[kc-risenphoenix.livejournal.com]

These pictures are awesome! WOW! Thanks for posting.

[cuboz.livejournal.com]

I always tell myself that I want to record my dream in to my phone (digitally) upon waking, so it's fresh in my mind....

But do you EVER think I am awake enough to remember to do so upon waking? Bah! :-(

xxx