Even Your Rain Means Light To Me
100 x 200 cm
acrylics on canvas
2021
available // 3140 € (incl. VAT 10% for European customers)
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and then
when the dragon was slain
and the mountain conquered
the kingdom liberated
everyone thought
that the two of them would just
live happily ever after,
just like that -
that without a doubt
until death do them apart
with no dissonances, no cracks
no efforts
they would simply
be happy -
but they,
they knew better
they knew the heavy mornings,
burdensome nights
and how years grinds love
mercilessly, unavoidably
like glaciers grind the mountains
they knew happiness is not a physical constant
intimacy something
you only need conquer once
and so they
against all odds
they decided to live
happily ever after
despite the years,
despite the mornings, nights
or maybe
exactly because of them…
they decided to build ceaselessly
slay dragons mercilessly
conquer their kingdoms
for each other
each
morning
so that even their rains
eventually meant only light to them;
billions of colourful
fractures of light…
they decided to be happy
in each other
and so
every day
they chose
each
other
// kaisa vanhala
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