Saturday, August 30, 2008

I Am Still Alive

Some time last year (it's 2008 now) I shot a picture of myself through a mirror. Airi, amused, was following developments in the background. The world is alienating from me, and I from the world. Getting old is all right with me, I like this. I have been thinking lately about a self-portrait by Rembrandt, one which I was watching last December in the Uffizi Art Museum in Florence. It had not been restored much; the blackish old painter looked this way a little sadly, as if he had seen it all. There was nothing artistic about the painting, just understanding. I winked at the master. It seemed to me – I am not sure, that he responded.

Identifiers: Self-portrait with Airi