DON’T YOU LET HER DROWN
“‘and Francis [Bacon] said to me, You’ve got a little man haven’t you?..in your head you’ve got a little man, that tells you you’ve got to work tomorrow. All my friends... they didn’t have a little man and they died; because they didn’t have a little man and they drowned...you don’t let that little man drown, ever, you keep him alive’ ”
What would it be like to literally pull yourself out of a depressive state? To save yourself from the thick grease that slicks itself onto you bit by bit until you feel you can’t move? To hold a vulnerable “me” close to our chests as we would a locket for a loved one. To hold ourselves close to our own bodies in protection and tenderness.
Don’t You Let Her Drown. 2021. Gold Vermeil, Sterling Silver, Bronze.
Don’t You Let Her Drown (still). 2021. lard, ink.