Stéphanie Saadé: the Shape of Distance

“There comes children with their worlds
Light as flower bones”
Georges Schehadé,
Si tu Rencontres un Ramier, 1951.

On an intricate map, arrows are pointing towards the East or the West, the Right or the Left, while others indicate the North or the South, the bottom or the top. They intersect. Some travels are made following horizontal paths. They are measured in geographical or historical distances. Other travels are made following vertical paths. They are measured in dreams. What is the distance between dreams? Gazing at the sky, it appears far. But it is inside my eyes. And the moon is inside my dream; there, it is of gold. Stars rise from the earth and settle in the real sky. Under the sun, the games of childhood take place. And dreams are for the night. Under the moon, the adult’s melancholic games are played. His dreams are of blue sky.