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A Speaking Puddle of Blood
The Language Journey; The Path to Meaning in three movements.
Act I
The first movement is to pass through, is the meeting with the physical world, an ego, a violent reality. It is the scary but also the exciting. Violent but also the soft, the tree that at night turns into a monster, it is alive, specific to the physical realm. Its inner torments are externalized with aggression, or guilt given voice and shape. It’s both the self and the other at once, sending information to the physical body and psyche.
Act II
The second movement is a sign, an act of wonderment, a compass, an answer that gives more questions, but leads the way forward. When you move towards language, language starts to move towards you. It initiates a conversation. The inner and outer realms start to have a common language, a connection, hints of greeting, and more clearly woven threads of connection.
Act III
The third movement is the shadow of the first act; the shadow taking the form of a membrane, a structure that shapes a wall but is soft enough for the water to pass through. It protects, but also imprisons. It contains dualities but with clearer connections. You see language jumping on top of a wall to the other side, accessing a house. You stalk it, seek what it’s doing and why it’s there. And only you can understand the path and the final destination.








photos by David Stjernholm
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