Wordless - Vivian Cooper Smith

how does it feel
to be on your own
like a complete unknown
like a rolling stone

Bob Dylan

Wordless examines a life without anchors, without precedents and without hope in eternity. It examines life in the dark, without the illumination of understanding and description. It is a meditation on losing a faith and unbelieving in God.

Wordless - Vivian Cooper Smith
Now Showing at C3 Gallery at Abbotsford Convent
3-21 February

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Check out Vivian's latest exhibition. A challenging and uplifting response to the questions we all think about.

I wrote an essay to accompany the show. It's on the stories page if you would like to have a read.

First published January 2010 in The Lifted Brow Volume 6
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