a work in two (or more) parts...

Edwin Timothy Dam and Veronica de Nogales Leprovost.
In Scope. Bronze. 2015, Edmonton, Alberta Canada.
This work is situated outside the Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Research
at the University of Alberta.

Part architecture, and part figure.

Part door, and part window.

Part frame.

Part device to look through;

and part the one who does the looking.

Part the view that is bounded by the box.

Part the one who looks within, and finds nothing

and everything.

Part the one seeking,

and part the one finding.

Edwin Timothy Dam and Veronica de Nogales Leprovost. In Scope.

Edwin Timothy Dam and Veronica de Nogales Leprovost. In Scope.

Maybe that's just about right....

The other night I attended a Leonard Cohen concert in Edmonton. In the row in front of me there was a man who, instead of applauding after each song, instead of yelping unintelligible wolfish syllables, yelled out: "Thank you!"

And I thought to myself: maybe that's just about right. When someone offers you a gift, you don't clap. You don't howl. You say thanks.

A Thousand Kisses Deep

Last night in Edmonton, Leonard Cohen spoke these words, then went immediately into the song "Anthem."

("There is a crack/ A crack/ In everything./ That's how the light gets in./ That's how the light gets in.")

It was my favourite part of a really beautiful concert.