#549 Loquor Ergo Sum

This is the first work in a small series titled Stone Conversations. Loquor Ergo Sum is a variation of Descartes's famous “I think, therefore I am” and means “I speak, therefore I am”. Even if thinking is within the realm of language, it is not until we actually express our minds that we become subjects in a true sense. Only when language is shaped by matter does it become real. Suffice to recall that however clear a thought seems to us in our minds, we always encounter some difficulties when we attempt to utter it through a medium such as speech, writing or, as in my case, art. Only then can we perceive it ourselves as it is presented to the world. Only then do we see that it does, in fact, not represent what we had in mind. There is always something missing or something superfluous—matter taints language. We, as subjects, are consistently misrepresented to the world - there is always something lacking. Perhaps the title should be “I speak, therefore I am something else”.