works by w.pham

works by william pham, 2005-present

100x450 - 33 - no one can move me now

There were so many tables and so many chairs and no one to sit in them at all. The outdoor café was closed; the museum was closing soon, and the last of its visitors were filtering through their final examinations of paintings, statues, and sculptures.

Vishnu from the 5th century BC. Magnasco's monks, circa 1725. Sandstone lions who once guarded the walls of Angkor Wat. The dancers of Degas. Picasso's woman and guitar.

I had seen them all and now I was outside in the night, alone.

I pulled out a chair and sat down.

Nothing can move me now.