a tree, a stone, a cloud
2022
wood, stone, and memories
150 x 100 x 110 cm, 2minutes 46 seconds
Memory is personal, as is one’s connection with trees. Yet the definition of love remains open, unfinished. A Tree, A Stone, A Cloud is an installation that gathers memories, stones, and fragments of trees to evoke a journey of recollection. The work is inspired by Carson McCullers’ short story “A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud,” in which an old man recounts his life to a newspaper boy—a quiet tale of rupture, reconciliation, and the gradual re-shaping of what love can mean. This documentation traces the memories of the trees from my childhood and the intimate bonds they formed with me, both psychologically and physically.
‘Son, do you know how love should be begun?’
The boy sat small and listening and still. Slowly he shook his head.
The old man leaned closer and whispered:
‘A tree. A rock. A cloud.’
A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud, Carson McCullers
︎[2016] UKUT 300 (LC)
︎a figure, figures
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