XXXVI


It is this body that holds all that I am.

An envelope that contains me,
Defines me,
Limits me.

And everything I am is born in it.
But is everything that is born in my body mine?

Universes of desires that arise and grow
And multiply,
Fleeting or perhaps eternal,
Powerful and immense in their power
Of disconcerting.

Do they belong to me?

Desires that are dreams
Without flesh
Or material density
Or geometric contour
Or palpability.

Perhaps dreams are a concrete reality,
As concrete as the most consistent
Of realities.
Concrete like a tree or a bridge or a clothesline or a fire
Or a body.m
But a reality lacking the senses.

Concrete,
But without dimension or volume.
Without physical outline or measurability,
Just intention and design.
Like when you say you want to give me a hug
Or a kiss,
But you do not really give me a hug
Or a kiss.

My body produces universes of desires,
Immense in their power
Of disconcerting.

But useless.

What good are dreams
If you cannot touch them?

in And when the questions are over? REIMAGINED

Paulo Kellerman (text) & Ana Gilbert (photo)

REIMAGINED

Do you feel what you see
Or do you just look?

And when the questions are over? REIMAGINED is the rewriting and reimagining by Ana Gilbert of the book of poems by Paulo Kellerman E quando acabarem as perguntas?, published in 2022.

42 poems by Paulo Kellerman
44 photographs by Ana Gilbert

4 poems (voice and original text in Portuguese) by Paulo Kellerman + Soundscapes by POROS (via QR Code)

Design | Licínio Florêncio
Print | Arte Ampliada
Handmade binding | Eliana Yukawa | Yume Ateliê & Design

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And when the questions are over? REIMAGINED

42 poems by Paulo Kellerman
44 photographs by Ana Gilbert

4 poems (voice and original text in Portuguese) by Paulo Kellerman + Soundscapes by POROS (via QR Code)

numbered edition (30 copies)

Design | Licínio Florêncio
Print | Arte Ampliada
Handmade binding | Eliana Yukawa | Yume Ateliê & Design

And when the questions are over? REIMAGINED

To translate a book is to rewrite it.
To photograph a book is to reimagine it.

And when the questions are over? REIMAGINED is the rewriting and reimagining by Ana Gilbert of the book of poems by Paulo Kellerman E quando acabarem as perguntas?, published in 2022.

Special guest: POROS

Photographs by Ana Gilbert
Poems by Paulo Kellerman

Design | Licínio Florêncio
Print | Arte Ampliada
Handmade binding | Eliana Yukawa | Yume Ateliê & Design

numbered edition
available for pre-order