–noun
the condition or quality of being permanent; perpetual or continued existence.
QUOTES
“There is nothing permanent except change.”
-Heraclitus of Ephesus; Greek philosopher, 540-480 BC
“The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear – fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.”
-Henry Louis Mencken; Journalist and critic of American life
“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.”
-Ursula K. LeGuin; American writer
ARTICLE
I found it slightly difficult to find an accurate article about permanence, so I had to compromise. This article called “The Importance of being Permanent” by Winsor & Newton is about the permanence of color pigment and different types of paint.
“It’s funny to think that the materials we make and use will last so much longer than we will ourselves. Even pigments which we class as moderately durable like Alizarin Crimson will last hundreds of years untinted in oil colour.”
Winsor & Newton. "The Importance of being Permanent." Winsor & Newton. Winsor &
Newton, 2010. Web. 31 Mar. 2011.
The idea of something being permanent interests me in the sense that you can never change it, just maybe alter it. This could be physically, mentally, emotionally, etc., depending on what it is. For me, with my current project, I hope to alter the presence of the PNP paper negatives that I have of my old family photographs by introducing myself into the same process. I will enter these scenes and become a part of, and possibly interact with the past. But, this will be done in the darkroom on photo paper, so really, it's not that permanent. The actual permanence of the situation will be the etched metal on the floor.
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From Edoardo Pasero’s series titled “On Permanence”
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