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1. The chapel
2. The rosary
Today, this piece is part of the permanent collection of Eindhoven's St. Catherine's Cathedral.To my grandfather's glory

The rosary is like a fossil, able to withstand the pressure of successive layers of time and yet so brittle when you try to bring it to the surface.The fossil is also a form of concretion of past matter, of the living preserved at the heart of the living itself. I am now coming out of my contemplation. 

The light has dimmed, yet the gaps still let in a few rays. There is no door in my chapel, because the memory calls for constant contemplation.