Thessaloniki
Installation date: May 21, 2026
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Each day I look out the window. There is a small patch of sky and much cement. Enclosed in this cement courtyard is a tree. On this tree sits a dove. She is tawny brown coloured with a dark ring around her neck. The leaves of the tree are small and oval shaped, but with a little point at the end. Many of the branches are bare, they are a little tired I think.
Below her are a few smaller trees and bushes. They make a gentle carpet of green around her; or does she support them with her shade. On one of the balconies above her is a long stemmed plant in a pot, it is supported by one of those accordion wood fences. Below my window, there is another balcony covered in astro-turf. Astro-turf, what a strange thing. I love leaving this hotel and walking out into the open. The people are good, though some say not everyone. But isn’t that all of us? The tree is good, I know that much. It is a being that struggles against all that we do, just to survive. There is a tree surrounded by cement, and on this tree sits a dove. |
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