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| Metal Heart (made in India), October 2020 |
Will you let me read
what's been written on my heart
from the beginning?
* The first line of this Haiku was almost, "May I decipher" - but I opted for the simple and plain, "Will you let me read." I like the nuance of decipher - the process of decoding and interpreting - which is appealing. But my heart responded more to the simple phrase. I also used the terms read and written and recalled their connection to how we interact with a religious icon. Even though it's an image (not words), the artist writes the icon and we read the icon and we are read by the icon. This metal heart has an icon quality for me. I imagine what has been written on my heart - and what hasn't been written just yet.
