Every Day, Eternity

Inspired by Arthur Rimbaud’s poem Eternity, “Every Day, Eternity” explores the horizon of infinite time. The images capture fragile moments where human perception meets nature’s enduring cycles, merging the present moment with our quest for eternity.

I discovered the poetry of Arthur Rimbaud as a teenager, and it has stayed with me ever since. Every Day, Eternity is inspired by my interpretation of his poem "Eternity" (1872), in which he invites us to lyrically fly away in search of Eternity. From the first stanza, he presents it as "The sea fled away / With the sun." It is a horizon line that stretches on indefinitely, like time itself.

Through my images, I wanted to represent the subtle tension between the present moment and the infinite. Every Day, Eternity questions our overly anthropocentric definition of eternity. Each photograph captures the fragile harmony between our limited and fragmented human perception of time and the constant cycle of nature, destined to outlive us. These elements become the narrators of a visual poetry, in which the simplicity of the present moment merges with our quest for eternity.