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Little Hiroshimas
Forthcoming in 2024
Artist Statement
after Hiroshima by Janet Sobel, 1948
Every artist destroys
one thing to create another.
You destroyed a pristine canvas
to re-create the destruction
someone believed was needed
to restore peace to the world.
And though your painting
does not reflect like a mirror,
the face that stares back at me
through irradiated hues
of yellows, reds, and blues,
transforms and fuses
into my own face, a creator's
face and the face of a destroyer.
In the end, every work of art
is its own little Hiroshima.
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