BEN CABRERA / Mi Ultimo Adios / Charcoal on paper / 1996 / 23" X 30"
Were there any moths in Rizal's Fort santiago prison cell in late December 1896? I imagine one or two insects attracted to the smokeless blue flame of Rizal's alcohol lamp where he later hid the manuscript Ultimo Adios. Isn't it fascinating that the Rizal story begins with a lamp and a moth and his mother reading the the tale of the Moth and the Flame, then Rizal ends life with another lamp. A very thematic coincidence indeed. Or was it the carefully choreography of a concious hero?
BEN CABRERA / The Moth and the Flame / Charcoal on paper / 1996 / 23" X 30"
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