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September 12, 2005
modern stone gods.
I began to see Noguchi's stone sculputres as though they were alive, like Gods trapped in their earthly shapes. Noguchi was kind enough to find these ancient creatures and release them from the slabs they had been encased in. They exist in a kind of slow motion, while we onlookers come and mill about them. Maybe they are a little bit annoyed by us spectators; we are like gnats to them, coming within inches, examining each nook, curve, texture (I wonder if some people were smelling them?). Even at our contemplative speeds as we investigate, we are like lightning compared to their eternal slowness. If we watched them for a hundred years we might discover that they had slowly changed positions, the expressions on their faces altering ever so slightly to reveal their bemusement at our business, wondering when we will hurry up and slow down.
Posted by Joshua Dickens at September 12, 2005 11:19 PM