klexquisite: sheholdsyoucaptivated:“MY ARROGANCE KNOWS NO BOUNDS AND I WILL MAKE NO PEACE TODAY, AND
klexquisite: sheholdsyoucaptivated: “MY ARROGANCE KNOWS NO BOUNDS AND I WILL MAKE NO PEACE TODAY, AND YOU SHOULD BE SO LUCKY TO FIND A WOMAN LIKE ME” | Jenny Holzer, “Projections” Important note : this is a projection by artist Jenny Holzer, but the text comes from a poem by Arab American writer Mohja Kahf, ’Ishtar Awakens in Chicago’. Holzer used Kahf’s work with her full agreement, I believe they’ve collaborated several times, but please check out the full context of the poem below. My arrogance knows no boundsAnd I will make no peace todayAnd you shall be so luckyTo find a woman like me Today neither will the East claim menor the West admit meToday my belly is a wellwherein serpents are coiledready to poison the world,and you should be so lucky. All I have is my arroganceI will teach it to lean backand smoke a cigarette in your faces,and you should be so lucky No I will make no peaceeven though my hands are emptyI will talk as big as I pleaseI will be all or nothingAnd I will jump before the heavy trucksAnd I will saw off my leg at the thighbefore I bend one womanly knee I am poisonAnd you will drink meAnd you should be so lucky. -- source link