Sunyata
by Ronald Linder
Exactly centered on
the
first floor, above the
basement,
below the skylight
of
the
Modern Art Museum the observer and
organizer directed
a sculptored room
be built - -
to sit on the floor
like a hen - -
with walls, white
inside,
dotted with white
blobs
of cotton, around a white-
painted floor, in the
center of which, a
mirror, surrounded by
white plastic confetti,
reflecting the white ceiling
of the room, and
the whole white dazzle
called
Sunyata
void, emptiness, possible
spaces between times between
colours – white reflected by
white by white – the Artist
she meant it to mean emptiness
void - - -
Beside me a distraught
gangling girl said
“What a shame! –
I haven’t seen her for three years –
we were good friends – she was so good
an artist – so much promise
such imaginative ideas –
and just look at what she’s come to –
bad influence, bad friends –
such a waste, such a shame --
Sunyata! –
Why this is NOTHING!”