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  • Shadow of scents
  • Crossed paths
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06.05.2017 Bachelard: the candle and the hourglass

Détail d'une photographie de Gaston Bachelard reproduite p. 128 du livre de Pierre Quillet intitulé Bachelard, Seghers, 1964.
Along the way

“Time is a reality curled up in the instant, and suspended between two voids.” (Gaston Bachelard, The Intuition of the Instant)

05.08.2017 Memory of hourglasses

La Gazette Drouot - L'hebdo des ventes aux enchères - Sablier à deux ampoules en verre et laiton, travail allemand du XVIIIe siècle (Paris, Drouot-Richelieu, 9 mars 2010. Kapandji - Morhange SVV. M. Drulhon.)
Along the way

The hourglass is a mysterious, ingenious and crucial invention which perfection prevents any advancement.

05.05.2017 The hourglass of diptyque

Sablier diptyque Figuier | diptyque hourglass Figuier (fig tree)
Shadow of scents

Gravity takes its toll, the liquid fragrance flows from the top bulb to the bottom bulb until, at the moment it is flipped over, one becomes the other.

03.16.2015 The hourglass in Death in Venice

Mort à Venise - affiche du film
Along the way

“It seems that the sand is waiting for the very last moment to seep into the globe underneath…”

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