posted August 24, 2013 12:42 AM            

"Rather than concern themselves with gender ideologies, Abramović/Ulay explored extreme states of consciousness and their relationship to architectural space. They devised a series of works in which their bodies created additional spaces for audience interaction. In "Relation in Space" (1976) they ran around the room – two bodies like two planets, mixing male and female energy into a third component called “that self.” "Relation in Movement" had the pair drive their car inside of a museum for 365 laps; a black liquid oozed from the car, forming a kind of sculpture, each lap representing a year. (After 365 laps they entered the New Millennium.)"

"In discussing this phase of her performance history, Abramović has said: “The main problem in this relationship was what to do with the two artists’ egos. I had to find out how to put my ego down, as did he, to create something like a hermaphroditic state of being that we called the death self.” To create Breathing In/Breathing Out the two artists devised a piece in which they connected their mouths and took in each other’s exhaled breaths until they had used up all of the available oxygen. Seventeen minutes after the beginning of the performance they both fell to the floor unconscious, their lungs having filled with carbon dioxide. This personal piece explored the idea of an individual's ability to absorb the life of another person, exchanging and destroying it. In Imponderabilia (1977, reenacted in 2010) two performers, both completely nude, stand in a doorway. The public must squeeze between them in order to pass, and in doing so choose which one of them to face."

"In 1988, after several years of tense relations, Abramović and Ulay decided to make a spiritual journey which would end their relationship. Each of them walked the Great Wall of China, starting from the two opposite ends and meeting in the middle. As Abramović described it: “That walk became a complete personal drama. Ulay started from the Gobi Desert and I from the Yellow Sea. After each of us walked 2500 km, we met in the middle and said good-bye". Abramović conceived this walk in a dream, and it provided what she thought was an appropriate, romantic ending to a relationship full of mysticism, energy, and attraction. She later described the process: “We needed a certain form of ending, after this huge distance walking towards each other. It is very human. It is in a way more dramatic, more like a film ending … Because in the end you are really alone, whatever you do.”"

"At her 2010 MoMa retrospective Marina performed ‘The Artist Is Present’ as part of the show, where she shared a minute of silence with each stranger who sat in front of her. Ulay arrived without her knowing and this is what happened."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS0Tg0IjCp4

Quoted text sources: http://eco-chick.com/2013/03/27744/marina-abra movic-and-ulay-because-we-never-stop-loving-silently-those-we-once-loved-out-loud/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Abramovi%C4%87

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LOVE, because what else is worth living for, and dying for?!

posted August 24, 2013 01:08 AM            

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This girl is on FIRE

LOVE, because what else is worth living for, and dying for?!

posted August 24, 2013 01:34 AM            

His chart (time unknown); notice they are born the same day, 3 years apart.

The synastry:

The composite:

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This girl is on FIRE

LOVE, because what else is worth living for, and dying for?!

posted August 24, 2013 01:42 AM            

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Originally posted by Bluejay:
Thank you for sharing Hera, that was beautiful. I'm overcome by emotions right now, as I'm going my separate ways from my other half after 14 years. I know that the love that I feel for him will never fade, but relationships can be very complicated, and it seems to be what's best for us both. Watching that makes me question why. Not everyone is lucky enough to find that in their lifetime, and to give up and walk away seems so senseless. I hope that's not the end of their love story, and that they reconnected after all these years. I love that they matched too, that was so cute.

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posted September 29, 2013 02:30 AM            

It seems to me like they were Twin Flames, but of course that doesn't mean "happy ever after".

posted September 29, 2013 02:48 PM            

the saddest part is the chinese wall story

posted September 30, 2013 10:41 AM            

If only more folks could end something of such greatness with such grace and love...

Acknowledging the certain end of something that has been ending for a long time.

I suppose I will have to be the one to finalize the deal with complete love and grace.

posted August 24, 2014 07:33 AM            

I still love him, and if we met years later, I'd still feel the same. Even though there were a lot of issues between us. I could never be indifferent towards him!

According to Linda, that's just what a Cancer sun man wants from a Scorpio sun woman! Cancer is aptly named, like a tumor!!! You may go into remission, but the chance of it coming back is always there.