I can't pinpoint whether it is the post February " blahs" , the recent purchase of a late artist friend's work or the reminiscing that comes from a significant birthday but it seems of late, I seem to be walking a thin line with emotions close to the surface. When I came across the story of two performance artists and their poignant love story it stopped me in my tracks.
Marina Abramovic and Uwe Laysiepen ( known as Ulay) carried on an emotionally charged thirteen year relationship which encompassed working in the arts together while deeply enmeshed in a love affair.
In 1988, Marina and Ulay decided to part company and did so in rather a dramatic way. They made a spiritual journey along the Great Wall of China. Starting at opposite ends of the wall, ( he from the Gobi Desert and she from the Yellow Sea) they met in the middle, embraced and then said " good-bye". Since that time, they rarely set eyes on one another until Marina had a retrospective of her work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 2010. As part of the show, she sat at a table with her eyes closed as a stranger came and sat opposite her. She then opened her eyes and engaged silently with the person sitting in front of her. Unbeknownst to her, Ulay arrived and this is what happened.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS0Tg0IjCp4
I think for most of us there is that one person who would strike an emotional chord within us should there be a possibility they could appear in our lives again.
Who would sit across the table from you?? .........
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