WHEN HEAVEN WAS NEAR

The Diptych of Remembrance

One book descends into the person. The other crosses the memory of the world. The Man With a Jug of Water is the inner vessel: the well of personal remembrance. When Heaven Was Near is the outer ocean: the scattered memory of civilizations. Together they form The Diptych of Remembrance, joined by one question—how do individuals and civilizations remember what they have forgotten?