Topic: The Persistence of Loss
The persistence of loss lingers in our minds for years, as long as we are alive and have the opportunity to experience and feel the world, and even to enjoy it. One of the great things we learn, and some are born with this ability, is to enjoy the world and, respectively, life.
As we walk our path, there is a background, however, that remains in some back lobe of our brain and reminds us of itself. Even in those moments when we are most joyful and have drained the cup of happiness.
A constant reminder that the moment is just that—a moment. The future has arrived, and the moment is lost. It has flown by, and the persistence of loss is just a few seconds away.
Art has always been inspired by other art, as one great artist said. I was inspired by not only life itself but also a song by Nine Inch Nails, The Persistence of Loss, and the final monologue in the movie The Great Beauty.
Where part of the words spoken by the giant Toni Servillo are:
„This is how it always ends. With death. But first there was life. Hidden beneath the blah, blah, blah. It’s all settled beneath the chitter chatter and the noise. Silence and sentiment. Emotion and fear. The haggard, inconstant flashes of beauty. And then the wretched squalor and miserable humanity. All buried under the cover of the embarrassment of being in the world, blah, blah, blah… Beyond there is what lies beyond. I don’t deal with what lies beyond. Therefore… let this novel begin. After all… it’s just a trick. Yes, it’s just a trick.“
We hope with this open call to have either encouraged or confirmed that you have something to show the world through your photographs.
Even a moment, already lost, yet captured and made eternal through your art.
