Shahzia Sikander on Persian miniature painting

Shahzia Sikander: "Geometric patterns are like a stalemate, because there is no release. But when you plunge into it with a magnifying glass, it opens up the scale."
 

Matthew Ritchie on The Triumph of Fame over Death

Matthew Ritchie: "As soon as your eye's caught on it, you're caught in this web of meanings and terms."
 

Cornelia Parker on The Falling Soldier, by Robert Capa

Cornelia Parker: "This could be a monument to death, it could be a monument to futility... Gravity only gets us in the end when we're dead."
 

Lucy - Sister Rust

Sister Rust, where are you now?
I met you over rocky mountain.
Feeling blue, waiting for a last frame to walk through, all together.

But when you closed your eyes, it was then I realized.
You were so far away.
There was nothing I could do, to stop you feeling blue.

Anyway.

Sister Rust, I need you now.
Cause I've got a feeling.
It's you and me again, waiting for the credits to end.
Now and forever.

With something in our hearts, that if we were to stop, would pull us away.
There's nothing we can do, to stop feeling this blue.

Anyway.

Sister Rust, Damon Albarn
 

Avatar - I See You

I see you
I see you
Walking through a dream
I see you
My light in darkness breathing hope of new life
Now I live through you and you through me
Enchanting
I pray in my heart that this dream never ends
I see me through your eyes
Living through life flying high
Your life shines the way into paradise
So I offer my life as a sacrifice
I live through your love
You teach me how to see
All that's beautiful
My senses touch your word I never pictured
Now I give my hope to you
I surrender
I pray in my heart that this world never ends
I see me through your eyes
Living through life flying high
Your love shines the way into paradise
So I offer my life
I offer my love, for you
When my heart was never open
(and my spirit never free)
To the world that you have shown me
But my eyes could not division
All the colours of love and of life ever more
Evermore
(I see me through your eyes)
I see me through your eyes
(Living through life flying high)
Flying high
Your love shines the way into paradise
So I offer my life as a sacrifice
And live through your love
And live through your life
I see you
I see you

I See You, by Leona Lewis
 

A Beautiful Mind - All Love Can Be

I will watch you in the darkness
Show your love, will see you through
When the bad dreams wake you crying
I'll show you all love can do
All love can do

I will watch through the night
Hold you in my arms
Give you dreams where no one will be
I will watch through the dark
Till the morning comes

For the light will take you
Through the night to see our light
Showing us all love can be

I will guard you with my bright wings
Stay till your heart learns to see
All love can be

All Love Can Be, by Charlotte Church