Me From Myself (No.13)
Me From Myself (No.13)
2024
30.5 x 91.5 cm triptych (30.5 x 30.5 cm each)
Acrylic and oil stick on board
Not framed, variable depth – 4 cm (1/3 & 3/3) and 2 cm (2/3)
About this work
This piece contributes to a series of text-based exploration referencing a poem by Emily Dickinson, Me From Myself – To Banish. I am fascinated with the human condition and the stories we tell ourselves, often without realising. Emily Dickinson's poem explores this, the realisation of self-conflict, the need to be present in it, and perhaps to banish what is not serving oneself.
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Me from Myself — to banish —
Had I Art — Impregnable my Fortress
Unto All Heart —
But since Myself — assault Me —
How have I peace
Except by subjugating
Consciousness?
And since We're mutual Monarch
How this be
Except by Abdication —
Me — of Me?