"5-17-56 Dorie" 17 - 1956

This small photograph, titled "5-17-56 Dorie," was taken by an anonymous artist. It's so pink, isn't it? The photograph almost vibrates with a certain frequency. The faded pinks and reds, they’re not just colors, they're like feelings, right? It's a record of a moment but also the texture of memory. Dorie's expression, that "O" of surprise or mock horror, is caught, but it's also just a little bit lost in the pink haze. There's something immediate and ephemeral about the medium itself. This isn't about perfection, it’s about the moment, about life happening. It's a bit like a Gerhard Richter painting actually, where the image is sort of there, but sort of not. This piece whispers about time, about how we see and remember, and about how art is never really finished but always in process, just like life.