Category Archives: Josef Sudek

Still Life: Egg, Glass

Looking tall, the liquid is floating still, imprisoned in the dark side of the solid glass. The ostrich egg is taking up the most space on the lucid plate on a rustic counter. Looking numb and not at all delighted, the gigantic egg cries out loud for a sip of its companion to make her drunk. Wildness is what she desires to justify her untamed past life.

It’s an old silver scene with a background full of senselessness, but one which gives you enough excuse to own and honor it.

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