The JKK Corner PieceThe first time I saw one of JKK's Corner Pieces I was speechless. The perfect and obvious simplicity of it just took my breath away. All I could do was laugh! He had made one up in the corner of a room in his house. My memory is of a dark corner in a kitchen. Where two walls met the ceiling, drawn in pencil were the six staight lines that make up a JKK Corner Piece.
Once when he came to visit, he installed one in my kitchen. I loved it immediately. Ever since, whenever the kitchen gets painted, I reinstall a Corner Piece and feel John's presence and creative magic. Having one around is like having an almost silent poem quietly whispering in my ear all day long: thou Art! Having a Corner Piece around is like having John quietly smiling nearby.
The JKK Memorial Corner Piece:
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I wrote a poem, It was so huge, It was immense. It was nothing but emptiness. -John Keith Kessel |
Next I take the template and a pencil and climb a ladder up into
a corner of the studio where two blank walls meet the ceiling.
All those gathered are asked to say: "Johhhhnnnnnn" while I draw
each one of the six lines on the walls and ceiling.
When I finish the last line, I climb down and invite each person to stand in a predesignated optimal viewing spot so they can: "enjoy the most beautiful cube nowhere."
That is all there is to it.
Feel free to do your own version of the JKK Memorial Corner Piece.
John would be happy to know that they are popping up everywhere.
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