Contemplation

Thought is what makes us human. The capacity to question. To wonder. To turn a thing over in the hand of the mind.

Left unchecked, that same capacity hardens. The mind that was fluid sets like stone. The overthinker disappears into the thinking and stops touching what is in front of him.

Contemplation holds that edge in one figure — the gift and the trap, the same posture. Think hard. Stay present. Do not turn to stone.

Medium     Bronze          Edition     10

Height        720mm         Width     220mm          Depth     130mm

 

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