AN AGED MOUSETRAP IS BAITED WITH A GEODE AND PLACED ON A MARBLE SLAB.

it has the potential to be
a devastating thing

Banastre Tarleton’s lack of hesitance at the Battle of Cowpens
is a historical instance
of being baited with your own desires and expectations
an internalized development

for example:

     {Thoughts held too private to ever be voiced aloud, written, or otherwise recorded.  For this, you will never have access.  Not you.  Not anyone.}
     {The thoughts I do not allow myself may or may not be the thoughts you allow no one else}

               * * *

it has the potential to be
a wondrous thing

The Naica Mine of Chihuahua, the Cueva de los Cristales
is a physical manifestation
of internalized development
a fortress of solitude not unlike mine own

for example:

     when we run across the lawn
     we place one foot in front of the other, unstoppable
     and when we run unstoppable
     we yell
     Racing! Racing! Racing!
     but we say it like
     Raay-sing! Raay-sing! Raay-sing!
     and while we do not run with great speed
     our feet, unstoppable as they are
     barely touch the ground
     and my smile widens- unstoppable
     and my brow tightens- unstoppable
     and my eyes focus to seek the eyes of every surrounding and distant
     toddler/parent combo to burn the language into their pupils:

     you-are-now-on-notice

     WE
     ARE
     FUCK-ING
     UN-STOPP-A-BLE

               * * *

there is nothing to indicate
that it is not both

Robert Frost’s grave in Bennington, Vermont
with its inscription of:
“I had a lover’s quarrel with the world.”

the Tomb of the Unknowns
or Arlington National Cemetary in general
a staggering, solemn place
from its origin

in each, the context manipulates internalized developments
history coupled with sensory perception

for example:
     
     you can feel the vibration in the steel
     standing solitary
     in the subway
     drunk after happy hour
     missing your wife and child
     and at once your freedom without them
     and sick with the thought that you thought of it in the first place
     
     {I have arrived at art as any object or action upon which the active testing of cognition can be negotiated.}
     {It is a continual process of learning, then being reminded, you are always alone.}

[MOUSETRAP, MARBLE SLAB, GEODE - sculpture]

2011