For whom the bell tolls

For whom the bell tolls

14 x 24 cm, © 2021, sold
Two-dimensional | Mixed Media | On paper
 On display at Changing Connections

No man is an Island, intire of it selfe;

every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the maine;

if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse,

as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Mannor of thy friends or of thine owne were;

any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde;

And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;

It tolls for thee.

 

John Donne, 1624

Mixed media Chinese ink, bister, gouache and watercolour.