For the first time
in a long time
I hear my teenage daughter’s
laughter
and it send me pinwheeling
back across the slick track
of my boyhood
to a toothless tiger cat
perching upon an open windowsill
chittering at the robins
who swoop amongst
the spindles of the deck.
Every fall I have ever lived
is everywhere again
and in the chill of the morning air
I shiver and reach for the woolen blanket
my Grandmother knitted
for my mother
when she returned from the war.
There are sparks that arc
across the ceiling
propelling us
from one life into one life
into the next
Shirin Abedinirad, Revision, 2018. Installation art, Lorne, Australia. Presented at the Landfall Lorne Sculpture Biennale, the work takes the form of a ziggurat built from mirrored retro television sets, reflecting ocean, sky, birdlife, and passersby in a living meditation on image, truth, and perception. Echoing George Bernard Shaw’s line, “You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul,” the installation invites viewers to turn away from mediated illusion and toward what Abedinirad calls “a live movie” of reality, nature, and reflection. Artwork courtesy of featured artist Shirin Abedinirad.
