Exercises in Seating

Ode to chairs

Dear chairs,

You appear to be multiplying

in our quiet brown house.

Some of you are familiar old friends,

others of you have only just arrived

and I haven’t quite got used to you yet.

Some of you I can’t move, some of you

make me constantly stub my toe.

Others of you are light as air as I

move you from one corner of the room

to another. Some of you are quite

uncomfortable, others surprisingly

relaxing; some quiet and humble,

others a little louder. Some of you

are ugly, but all of you are beautiful.

Some of you I dislike, yet none I

would want to live without.

You come from nature, from the ground,

trees and rocks, but you

also speak of modern times.

You are all different, but you are

all made in the same spirit, by the

same hands, and can stand alone or

live together. Each of you speaks

of a time, a place and a moment

in our lives.

With love, Gemma & Ivo