This is the last installment in the 3-part series (don’t miss part 1 and part 2) presenting a selection of Edvin Aedma’s minimalistic art from his recent collection of short stories and graphic art entitled The Lost Switch (2010). Edvin graduated from the University of Tartu with a B.A. degree in semiotics and culture studies and later a Master’s degree in English translation (2009). He works as a freelance English-Estonian-English translator and is available for new translation contracts.
Destruction and a Grain of Sand
Once upon a time, there was a grain of sand. She was as special as you are, or I am, and maybe even more so. She had once wanted to be a girl, once a boy. Then a fish, a bird, a rock, a tree, a cloud, a wheel, a violin string, music, the air that carries it, and finally, even life itself. And all the things and beings that could ever exist in the world.
And one by one, the grain of sand had tried being all of them. She had smiled as a girl, played as a boy, swam as a fish, flown as a bird, stood as a rock, grown as a tree, floated as a cloud, rolled as a wheel, breathed as air, sang as a voice and a violin string and finally, even been life itself.
Now she was again on the beach – among millions of other grains of sand. Continue reading
