In an arc of work using the artist's own handwriting as a coded module, ALL THERE IS THAT is uniquely legible. Four words rotate in florets, each a different beginning to a mini poem exploring the unrealistic premise that we might reach some ultimate state of completion beyond the present moment.

IS THAT ALL THERE
THAT ALL THERE IS
ALL THERE IS THAT
THERE IS THAT ALL

A question with an edge of gloom. A half-thought, a musing. An observation. An optimistic declaration.

Each poem marks a moment in the progression from the expectation that life settles, to embracing the perpetual nature of change—where every phase of existence is defined by its relationship to what preceded and what follows.

The radial poems encircle themselves and repeat, expanding down the composition until they dissolve into abstraction, embodying the transformation they describe: from structured meaning to pure presence, from seeking what could be to accepting what is.

This piece will be presented as part of SuperRare’s show Through Rose Colored Glasses at Artverse Gallery in Paris, February 2025.