“You  can  hold  yourself  back  from  the  sufferings  of  the  world,  that  is  something  you  are  free  to  do  and  it  accords  with  your  nature,  but  perhaps  this  very  holding  back  is  the  one  suffering  you  could  avoid."

Franz Kafka, The Zurau Aphorisms 104

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You Can Hold Back spreads the first part of this Kafka quote over eight paintings referencing protests and uprisings around the world in the last few years from Chile to Lebanon, Greece and Hong Kong as well USA.

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