It must be done with mirrors 

My head that rests on nothing in mid-air

Where is my body, where oh where?

I can see a on a small and lonely planet

Traveling through casual space past aloof stars 

Across the way of indifferent suns

O, Bright Star bring back my body to me

I shall hide from reality before the mirrors break




A reconstructed poem appropriated by Torie Zalben from the poetry of Keats, Angelou, Smith, & Deren

Artwork
Breaking Illusions (work in progress)
30 sec.
Digital media
Torie Zalben @toriezalben

Poem
Breaking Illusions
Torie Zalben with Keats, Angelou, Smith, & Deren

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Eugene Ahn, Lisa Anne Auerbach, Carlos Beltran Arechiga, Arezoo Bharthania, Jorin Bossen, Debra Broz, Nancy Buchanan, Gavin Bunner, Ismael de Anda III, Jacci Den Hartog, Yasmine Diaz, Tomory Dodge, Tom Dunn, Roni Feldman, Yrneh Gabon, Bia Gayotto, Mark Steven Greenfield, Kio Griffith, Gronk, Jenny Hager, Katie Herzog, Geraldine Hudson, Phung Huynh, Carmine Iannaccone, Bryan Ida, Ichiro Irie, Ben Jackel, Monica Juarez, Alexander Kroll, David Leapman, Constance Mallinson, Dakota Noot, Sean Noyce, Claudia Parducci, Lara Porzak, Rebecca Ripple, Gabby Rosenberg, Christopher Russell, Liza Ryan, Roland Seto, Theodore Svenningsen, Holly Tempo, Doug Wichert, Alexandra Wiesenfeld, Steven Wolkoff, Torie Zalben

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