The phone rang one evening, and it was Smooth Ray's lawyer.
"I've got some good news. But you're not going to think it's good news," the lawyer said.
The lawyer was half right, but that's a story for another time. Here's the news today: "YOU WILL DIE."
Is that good news? Bad news? No news at all?
If you think it’s Bad, then you may be focused on the “DIE” part. Smooth Ray prefers to focus on the “YOU.”
“You Will Die” is a reminder that all form is temporary. Our time is limited, and this knowledge is an invitation to engage directly and intimately with that which is most precious and immediate.
“You Will Die” also invites another question: Who is the You that dies?
All form is temporary, but consider that what you are — essentially — is beyond form and exists prior to experience.
You Will Die.
And, You were never born.
Title: YOU WILL DIE
#186-197
Size: 4x4” print on canvas of varying size
Date: 2022
Medium: Relief printing, water-based ink on 140-pound cold pressed paper
SRO #193 and #195 are in the Smooth Ray shop, and as always one is absolutely free. Everyone needs some free art.
