everything he has known up to now
everything that surrounds him with scorn”
— Henri Michaux
From ‘Headstones’ series [2003].
And here is the artist Arman’s actual headstone ‘Alone at Last’ in the Cimetière du Père-Lachaise in Paris. The irony of course is that when you’re buried at Père-Lachaise you’re never alone. The place is a magnet for tourists.
