"Accumulation," by Yayoi Kusama. 1963. Sewn and stuffed fabric, wood chair frame, paint.
"Accumulation," by Yayoi Kusama
+ What Is Amazing, by Heather Christle
What they have in common: World + even better world + whole worlds of microbes that are actually living inside the artists' brains and promising that there will be even better worlds that will soon come to pass. That's why they can make this art and these poems that are bursting with optimism and "creative spirit" (in the non-microbe-infected layman's terms) and loving lovingkindness. You will be singing when you read Christle's poems. They're too irresistible. You will wish there were colonies where you could live like one of the microbes, to get just a fraction of the artistic experience. WARNING: Prepare for lights. Bright lights. All of the lights!
How an artist born in 1929, whose art here is easily a decade older than the poet, can still have so many affinities with the poet: Destiny. If you need any further evidence that a God can at the very least have some beneficent tendencies, please consult the combining of these two artistic visions.
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