Mónica del Villar

About Hands and Feet and Black Holes

2022

MYTHOLOGIES OF CONSTRUCTION AND DESTRUCTION

LOST: A conventional way of measuring time in calendar days, owing to my nails’ growth on both hands and feet.

FOUND: An alternative measurement of time, no longer lineal, a calendar of destiny with cycles marked by the need to cut those constantly growing nails. I observed aging reflected in hands and feet.

LOST: Suddenly I tripped over, my days and destinies falling into a black hole. Was it the chaos, the shadow or the nothingness?

FOUND: Discovering a new space and myself as part of the darkness, I decided to take note and accept that. In consequence a series of lights went on represented by an Everlasting plant. One of my favorites in the garden, beloved because of its strength and green-ness, it takes care of itself.  Time goes by…