Roundtable Readings 3.0 - Water
Roundtable Readings presents A collection of writings on: ‘Water’ Curated by Lili Ward Handmade by Lili Ward The Fountain Biddy Mahy You see a beautiful girl drinking from a water fountain. There is the morning sun. There is the end of her ponytail getting splashed by the water. A sliver of sunlight creeps in underneath her arm, making it look implausibly thin. Her neck is bent awkwardly to capture the jet which comes out in unpredictable waves from the abused facility. Her swallowing moves at a gallop. Perhaps she senses eyes on her and wants the experience to be over as quickly as possible. At least that is how you would feel, crumpled up like that. Showing off the kind of need that can't wait, a kind of unspoken weakness. But then, you wonder if it is instead the weight of freedom that occupies her. For her, you speculate, the day is a pull, grains of sand: there are decisions and things to do. Her thirst, and the part with the fountain where you’re watching her, is her b...