The Ruin | MFA Thesis Exhibtion

May 1 – 9 | Step Gallery

Opening reception | May 1 | 7–9 p.m.

“Wondrous is this wall's foundation—the fates have broken
and shattered this city; the work of giants 
crumbles.”

“The Ruin” is a poetic elegy that tells the story of the decline of a great citadel in an ancient nation. The narrator describes old and unfamiliar technologies, the crumbling of architecture and that of a forgotten people. The poet mourns great wisdom and its destruction by an uncanny fate. He wonders about human transience and why no man was left to defend or maintain such a place. He imagines the lives of the heroes who built the city, now lost to destiny, and the progress of time.