Midkite 2020
A series, inspired by the poem Exhaustion by Debora Vogel (1902 – 1942)
Exhaustion
Debora Vogel / Day Figures / 1930
Translation from Yiddish: Jordan Lee Schnee
today again
the fifteenth day of the month
the fifteenth day of the month has come repeatedly
and then, repeatedly, fifteen more days went by.
every year apple trees flower
and then the trees turn yellow
the chestnut tree out my window glowing red.
seven years have gone by
since I started counting the unused years.
what will come along this year, what next year?
why do they keep on coming:
nothing comes at all.
the years don’t add up.
there are only days:
one day that repeats a thousand times.
Ink, acrylic and aquarelle on paper, 100x70 cm
Ink, acrylic and aquarelle on paper, 35x50 cm
