YOUR SHAPES TAKE THE SPACE
YOU WANT TO FILL
BUT YOU DON’T KNOW HOW

LIKE AN OBJECT YOU PUT ON A SEAT
TO SIGNIFY 
THAT IT’S OCCUPIED
AND THEN YOU LEAVE

SHAPES ARE 
A SPACE YOU WANT 
TO SAVE FOR YOURSELF

NOT TO USE IT
BUT TO LEAVE IT UNUSED

NOT TO FILL IT 
BUT TO SHAPE IT WITH YOUR EMOTIONS
THE ONE THAT BLOCK YOUR HIPS
NARROW YOUR THROAT
BLOW YOUR BELLY

SHAPES ARE THE FRIENDS 
YOU ARE DRAWING FOR YOURSELF 
TO BE ON YOUR SIDE
WHEN YOU NEED THEM 

IN FRONT OF YOUR WORK
IN FRONT OF YOUR FRIDGE
IN FRONT OF YOUR SCREEN  
OR WHEN WORDS
BREAK 
THE COCONUT
INSIDE OF YOU

SHAPES 
ARE MADE IN YOUR HOME 

THEY APPEAR AT THE END OF THE DAY
WHEN YOU’VE DONE TOO MUCH
TOO FAST
WITH NO RESPECT FOR YOUR JOINTS
FOR YOUR LOWER BACK
FOR YOUR PEACE OF MIND

SHAPES ARE GIVING SHAPE
TO THE THINGS
YOU CANNOT THINK AND EXPRESS

THE THINGS THAT CAN ONLY EMERGE
WHEN YOU HAVE EXHAUSTED
THE DOMINANT IN YOU
AND LET AN ENERGY AS SUBTLE AS
THE SCENT OF FENNEL
IN THE WIND 
TAKE OVER 
WITH JOY 

SHAPES CAN SING
WITHOUT BREAKING THE SILENCE

THEY DON’T NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF
BECAUSE THEY DON’T EAT
DON’T NEED TO BE WASHED
DON’T NEED TO BE FED
DON’T NEED TO BE PUT IN BED
DON’T NEED DIAPERS

SHAPES DON’T HAVE HANDS TO WORK
THEY DON’T WASH DISHES 
OR COOK

SHAPES ARE FLOATING
IN THE AIR
COMFORTABLE AND
RELAXED 

SHAPES ARE INVENTED

THEY ARE MADE OF THE LIQUID 
OF YOUR BIGGEST TEARS
THE ONE YOU CAN SEE 
DROPPING ON YOUR PAPER
AND THAT YOU CAN SHAPE WITH YOUR FINGER

A DESIGN WITH NO UTILITY 
AN EMOTIONAL DESIGN
NOT AS A MARKETING TERM
BUT AS A WAY 
TO MAKE SOMETHING OF THE 
POPCORN 
POPPING IN YOU

SHAPES DO NOTHING
THEY OCCUPY SPACE
AND HAVE FUN 
IN A SOFT 
BUT ALSO DESPERATELY 
AGGRESSIVE WAY

WHEN THEY HAVE DECIDED
TO BLOW ALL BOUNDARIES
SO THAT NO ONE 
DIES ANYMORE 
IN THE SEA 
OR ALONE IN A HOSPITAL

BECAUSE TO MAKE  ART 
YOU NEED TO CARE 
AND NOT TO CARE

TO CARE WELL
YOU CANNOT CARE TOO MUCH ALL THE TIME
YOU ALSO NEED NOT TO CARE

SHAPES ARE GENTLE
THEY RESEMBLE CLOUDS
AND HAVE THE SMELL OF OLIVE OIL

SHAPES TAKE A LOT OF BREAKS
AND DANCE WITH THEIR BELLIES
THEY DON’T WORK AND DON’T CONSUME 
THEY ARE MADE OF NOTHING
AND HAPPY TO BE HIDDEN 

EMPTY IS NOT EMPTY
SILENCE IS NOT EMPTY
PASSIVE IS NOT NOTHING
NOT ACTING IS NOT NOT DOING