i am for dignity and against glory––
i am for ambition and against prestige––
i am for the whole and against the totality––
i am for unity and against unification––
i am for insight and against genius––
i am for ambition and against prestige––
i am for the whole and against the totality––
i am for unity and against unification––
i am for insight and against genius––
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20ab2e02-6288-4179-b58a-8b795adc68a7/1a670139-0483-4302-a6a7-3ca2a0cff65c_rw_1200.jpg?h=a2f04fb844ee366de2b9bfbfda28ae04)
i am for strength and against power––
i am for collectives and against collectivism––
i am for individuals and against individualism––
i am for tradition and against convention––
i am for the everyday and against the ordinary––
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20ab2e02-6288-4179-b58a-8b795adc68a7/11001792-1a9d-4c8f-8cb8-380b0264d1f8_rw_1200.jpg?h=152450298052c79a36ec6eadbe8c00d6)
i am for wonder and against miracles––
i am for labyrinths and against righteousness––
i am for compassion and against pity––
i am for dreams and against illusions––
i am for mischief and against recklessness––
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20ab2e02-6288-4179-b58a-8b795adc68a7/e71adeb5-06cc-4dbf-968c-aeabfcd55865_rw_1200.jpg?h=6b1906bdc7b40173c0a37a4170a13f80)
i am for discovery and against revelation––
i am for judgment and against judgmentality––
i am for rivalry and against competition––
i am for ease and against lethargy––
i am for beauty and against vanity––
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20ab2e02-6288-4179-b58a-8b795adc68a7/52b432fc-1e24-41a4-805c-65475069b3c3_rw_1200.jpg?h=ad170ec9858f12c981483770ff8d2079)
i am for darkness and against abysses––
i am for digression and against diversion––
i am for intuition and against evasion––
i am for accomplishment and against triumph––
i am for migration and against displacement––
i am for digression and against diversion––
i am for intuition and against evasion––
i am for accomplishment and against triumph––
i am for migration and against displacement––
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20ab2e02-6288-4179-b58a-8b795adc68a7/bf2cf445-dff9-4a53-b801-ddf615d332ec_rw_1200.jpg?h=0c84ac77c8b8bace800a41e40174a8ab)
i am for depth and against profundity––
i am for the planet and against globalism––
i am for the people and against the nation––
i am for rebellion and against crowds––
i am for leadership and against leaders––
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20ab2e02-6288-4179-b58a-8b795adc68a7/087b906c-2ded-4068-b0f8-546daec43721_rw_1200.jpg?h=226c38605502a53c5beaf7a883f0cce0)
i am for fools and against foolishness––
i am for loss and against compromise––
i am for sorrow and against despair––
i am for vulnerability and against helplessness––
i am for confidence and against authority––
i am for loss and against compromise––
i am for sorrow and against despair––
i am for vulnerability and against helplessness––
i am for confidence and against authority––
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20ab2e02-6288-4179-b58a-8b795adc68a7/54036556-d102-4b94-ba8f-aedbe78824c9_rw_1200.jpg?h=686c140c91820f2f3c4a7d2af7dc34dd)
i am for solitude and against isolation––
i am for loyalty and against stubbornness—
i am for irreverence and against mockery––
i am for irony and against sarcasm––
i am for praise and against worship––
i am for loyalty and against stubbornness—
i am for irreverence and against mockery––
i am for irony and against sarcasm––
i am for praise and against worship––
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20ab2e02-6288-4179-b58a-8b795adc68a7/d05aa28d-bc75-42d5-adcd-85fa6f07bac3_rw_1200.jpg?h=6b7080be9d47d7507fa28f8b241e1e5f)
i am for abundance and against excess––
i am for mastery and against perfection—
i am for difference and against hierarchy––
i am for specialization and against narrowness—
i am for doubt and against worry––
i am for mastery and against perfection—
i am for difference and against hierarchy––
i am for specialization and against narrowness—
i am for doubt and against worry––
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20ab2e02-6288-4179-b58a-8b795adc68a7/626576fe-1cd0-4bf1-bc9a-174b81fb02ed_rw_1200.jpg?h=6ee7c00df534ea52f712ccb82d0a03ab)
i am for generosity and against duty––
i am for methods and against systems––
i am for remembrance and against faith—
i am for contemplation and against overthinking––
i am for calmness and against stasis—
i am for methods and against systems––
i am for remembrance and against faith—
i am for contemplation and against overthinking––
i am for calmness and against stasis—
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20ab2e02-6288-4179-b58a-8b795adc68a7/0156df94-557b-41d6-8088-89d0e3e412f9_rw_1200.jpg?h=ffb849109d64076bb87e5a1e64ee66cb)
i am for opposition and against enmity––
i am for sacrifice and against martyrdom––
i am for growth and against conquest––
i am for moderation and against averages––
i am for nonviolence and against submission––
i am for sacrifice and against martyrdom––
i am for growth and against conquest––
i am for moderation and against averages––
i am for nonviolence and against submission––
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20ab2e02-6288-4179-b58a-8b795adc68a7/3ea4a7dd-803c-42dd-8601-1ef78a981e6d_rw_1200.jpg?h=d852d4cccc9d2f327f9a1b1141226691)
i am for pleasure and against indulgence––
i am for sadness and against resignation––
i am for proof and against accusation––
i am for mystery and against mystification––
i am for grief and against collapse––
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20ab2e02-6288-4179-b58a-8b795adc68a7/bbc5d8f6-5b6c-47ce-a0e0-087b83070f8b_rw_1200.jpg?h=b98a1c526950c5a67dcde1a0256d8cdb)
i am for order and against law—
i am for death and against absence—
i am for release and against giving up—
i am for the self and against the ego—
i am for dialectic and against manifestoes—
i am for death and against absence—
i am for release and against giving up—
i am for the self and against the ego—
i am for dialectic and against manifestoes—
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/20ab2e02-6288-4179-b58a-8b795adc68a7/edc2dc35-b5ac-47d8-a459-8ee236080a7a_rw_1200.jpg?h=c4da1a623fdb3ea1c9b36879535d5383)
[poem: st. petersburg, russia, 2019]
[photographs: details of vasily kandinsky's black spot, 1912, in the russian museum, st. petersburg]
[photographs: details of vasily kandinsky's black spot, 1912, in the russian museum, st. petersburg]