nothing to regret...

Louise Bourgeois. 
dec.25.1911 - 05.31.2010 ... the art world is bleeding...
Louise Bourgeois came into my life in the Spring of 2003.  I experienced a retrospective of her work at the Louisiana Museum in Denmark.  At first I was speechless.  Soon after I adopted her as my mentor. 
I never met Louise in person, but when I am around her works of art I feel as if she knew me.   She will continue to be my inspiration, my catharsis my Louise. 

I have nothing
nothing to say
nothing to get excited about
nothing to explain
nothing to prove
nothing to ask for
nothing to tell
nothing to show
nothing to hide
nothing to plan for
nothing to keep
nothing to anticipate
nothing to lose
nothing to criticize
nothing to collect
nothing to remember
nothing to want
nothing to comprehend
nothing to expect
so
nothing to fear
so
nothing to regret.


Louise Bourgeois.
New York City, October 1997
from the Serpentine Gallery catalogue
Louise Neri, The Personal Effects of a Woman with no Secrets, pg. 86


Photo:  Louise Bourgeois 1997 taken by Sylvia Plachy, New York.


film about Louise: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine