How to Shed a Cicada Shell
How To Shed A Cicada Shell Crawl through the dark dirt and surface into the daylight. Don’t stop there. Climb the trunk of an oak and cling to the outermost ring. Grow still. The tree’s pulse seems glacial to you, coming from its deepest rings, an inner greenness slowly expanding. I have more time than you, says the tree, so go ahead and get on with it. Grow still. Then arch your back to split the shell, shed what no longer serves you, and feel for when to let go. You’ve got songs that can’t be sung so long as that husk still holds you down. Grow still. You grow still.
IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ABSENCE - Closing reception this Thursday
My multimedia installation at Vulpes Bastille closes this week. If you’re free Thursday evening I’d love to see you.
Image: Detail from A Monograph of Oriental Cicadidæ by William Lucas Distant, 1889