Chance
has played such a strong role in my life, that I feel no amazement when I
reflect upon the remarkable manner in which it presided over my birth. One could say that this is everyone’s
story. But not everyone has the
opportunity to tell their story.
And if everyone did, there would be no great harm in that. Each person’s experience is the treasure of
all.
KEY:
Text: Gerard de Nerval, Walks and Memories IV (Juvenalia)(1854), (trans.
Marc Lowenthal), published in Aurelia and Other Writings, Boston, Exact
Change, 1996.
Picture 1: Ellsworth Kelly, ‘Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le
hasard (A Throw of the Dice Will Never Abolish Chance)’, New York Limited
Editions Club, 1992.
Picture 2: Mr. and Mrs. Mike
Todd and Michael and Christopher Wilding. This picture was taken on my fourth birthday.
