The Space Between Two Heartbeats
acrylics on canvas
90 x 90 cm
2021
available // 514 € (incl. VAT 10 % for European customers)
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what is the exact moment
when the night
turns into day?
during which heartbeat
can I say
now! now the darkness
has become light
now there is a new morning
in us
now a new light
in us.
there is so much I don’t understand,
so much I don’t even want to try to know -
the fingertips of the wind
in the hair of the forest
and how one heartbeat
is enough to fall in love
and how all that has been broken
can be mended
through one word
one caress
all night
turned into day
through one word
”let there be light!”
and a new light shines in us.
there’s so much
I don’t even want to understand -
I just want to feel
the wind in my hair
these burning words
around my mind,
beneath my heart
and the touch that
turns me into light -
because for some things
their depth is in the wonder they carry;
in the secret
that disappears if you understand them.
and I want to walk through the world
wide-eyed like a child
wide-souled
and prone to wonder
because this space in me,
this vast openness
between two heartbeats
is where the wonder in me
can be found.
// kaisa vanhala
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