...
impatient, like exposed, the clothes are lying before her eyes. Looking
at them is easy as they do not in any way resist: they even offer themselves
in defenseless humility... and eventually, these garments seem almost
like relics of someone who has gone forever...or it may be that this persistent
looking at such trivial things is like a revelation for her, and she suddenly
grasps who the person is who uses them, who warms them with his body,
and who has, unintentionally,left them here to testify of himself... the
liveliness of these poor and prosaic garments contrasts absurdly with
the distance their owner has achieved.
(After Pier Paolo Pasolini, Teorema). |
