As Above So Below

I want to depict human tissue,

soul-tissue, room-tissue, time.

Joints, muscles, plants, blossoms,

the dark, movement, the horror, happiness. Discussion within. It is not important anymore, whether my creation is an image, it is life’s reflection.

My painting now paints me.

— Image of a Human Tissue. Excerpt from the book Revellers in the Dark by Manfred Dubov (2022).