Let's Survive Forever
I walk in the Art Gallery of Ontario and immediately I feel my breathing slow down, my shoulders un-shrug from being up near my ears. I can taste the anticipation of a couple of hours wandering through rooms filled with art. I won’t like all of it, I know that, but there will be some that I will stand in front of, then step back, then forward again and be drawn in. I was ushered alone into an infinity-mirrored room, filled with silver spheres. I could see myself reflected beyond, and further beyond. The artistic installation challenging us to reflect on how we see ourselves in this world and beyond was named: “Let’s Survive Forever”. Given the world we live in today, would that be a good idea? But the artist (Yayoi Kusama) used the word ‘Survive’, not ‘Live’, and that means something else entirely. So might we ‘survive’ the evil and corruption and power-hungry monsters in our current world? Survive until those forces are defeated? I had arrived (yesterday, Jan 7, 2026) at the A...
