" through the looking-glass "

" i know who i was when i got up this morning,
but i think i must have been changed several times since then. "

(lewis carroll, alice's adventures in wonderland)

...













" The child closes her eyes on the wall
She counts the time her friends take
To transform

She closes her eyes inside the numbers
Looks inside and around and finds
Herself
The child asks whether to meet herself

She wants to find her friends, she wants
To be answered. She calculates the loud voice
The height of the wall, the progression of silence. "

(daniel faria)

..

ruela, "inaseashell"

(...)



if you knew that love can break your heart
when you're down so low you cannot fall
would you change?

would you change?






how bad, how good does it need to get?

how many losses? how much regret?

what chain reaction would cause an effect?

[that] makes you turn around,

[that] makes you try to explain,

[that] makes you forgive and forget,

[that] makes you change?









makes you change














if you knew that you would be alone,
knowing right, being wrong,
would you change?

would you change?











if you knew that you would find a truth
that brings up pain that can't be soothed,
would you change?

would you change?






how bad, how good does it need to get?

how many losses? how much regret?

what chain reaction would cause an effect?

[that] makes you turn around,

[that] makes you try to explain,

[that] makes you forgive and forget,

[that] makes you change?









makes you change















are you so upright you can't be bent
if it comes to blows?


are you so sure you won't be crawling?


if not for the good, why risk falling?


why risk falling?











if everything you think you know
makes your life unbearable,
would you change?

would you change?










if you'd broken every rule and vow,
and hard times come to bring you down,
would you change?

would you change?





(...)

the end is not near, haleh bryan

(first image: sue blackwell, alice through the looking glass
fifth image: thespeak, thinking
ninth image: lachlan humphreys, change
all other images: haleh bryan
song&lyrics: tracy chapman, change)