I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE DARK

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A PIECE OF WORK I SAW IN CUBA. THE ARTIST HAD FILLED AN UNDERGROUNDCELLAR WITH BANANA LEAVES; IT WENT BACK SO FAR AND THE ENTRANCEWAS COVERED IN SUCH A WAY THAT YOU VERY QUICKLY LOST ALL SENSE OF LIGHT - IN THE DISTANCE A REAL LIVE NAKED FIGURE STANDING WALKING PAST HIM SO GREY AND HARD TO SEE INTO NOTHING - UNBELIEVABLY FAR BACK, SENSE OF ANOTHER FIGURE THENFURTHER BACK UNTIL I WAS CROUCHING AS I WALKED THINKING I WOULD HIT THE WALL BUT SOMEHOW I WAS AWARE THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER FIGURE I COULD HEAR IT BREATHE BUT I WAS NEVER ENTIRELY SURE IF IT WAS JUST ME SUCH EMOTION ATTACHED TO THAT EXPERIENCE SUCH RELIEF WHEN I FINALLY FOUND THE WALL