Atelier of Functional + Sculptural Objects, Mainly of Wood
“Twin Suns”
Personal Artifact
Material -- White oak, reclaimed from a fallen tree in Los Angeles, California.
Finish -- Rubio Monocoat Pure.
Words --
But why is it, precisely, that two suns cannot burn over the same sky?
Place them far enough out in to space and you’ve already solved the problem.
Their light, combined, will reach just far enough to the surface of the planet that the ferns may unfurl themselves while the salmon sneak through the river to miss a sunbathing bear on the rocks.
They will not burn the skin of man, if they stay so far away. So deep out in the vast black of space. But they will burn for each other.
Yes, they will burn.
Deep in the ink they will dance for another, they will beam for one another, they will smile and twinkle and cry for one another.
Until one day, one day very long from now, they will die for another.
So run, twin suns, run away. Bask in the light of each other for as long as long as you can. Bask until this fleeting cosmic moment ends, and the darkness claims you as dust once more.