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On my only visit to Japan, I stayed in an old traditional house. In my room, there were two ceramic pots with the ashes of all the ancestors of the family who had lived there. It struck me that their presence acted in a way unlike that of an image: the feeling was more physical and, at the same time, more invisible. It brought me to an awareness in which the image was no longer necessary.
‘Alma de cántaro’ is an expression that appears several times in Don Quixote*, although its origin remains unknown. Cervantes would appear to be invoking the hollow sound of an empty pitcher and the ‘soul’ understood as what is contained inside it: akin to an emptiness of spirit or understanding; in other words, someone who fails to perceive what is obvious and is not fully aware of reality.
There is a sculptural logic at play here: to assign the word ‘soul’ to something hollow brings out the inner meaning of the…
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On my only visit to Japan, I stayed in an old traditional house. In my room, there were two ceramic pots with the ashes of all the ancestors of the family who had lived there. It struck me that their presence acted in a way unlike that of an image: the feeling was more physical and, at the same time, more invisible. It brought me to an awareness in which the image was no longer necessary.
‘Alma de cántaro’ is an expression that appears several times in Don Quixote*, although its origin remains unknown. Cervantes would appear to be invoking the hollow sound of an empty pitcher and the ‘soul’ understood as what is contained inside it: akin to an emptiness of spirit or understanding; in other words, someone who fails to perceive what is obvious and is not fully aware of reality.
There is a sculptural logic at play here: to assign the word ‘soul’ to something hollow brings out the inner meaning of the…
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