Am I Really Capable?

r u capable of coping loneliness?

This is Mickey Bernstein. 

Mickey was one of the smartest people I have met and also one of the most radical ones. An art expert, a dealer, an artist, a lawyer, a writer, a dreamer, a philosopher and so on. I was his personal assitant 8 years ago, it lasted 1 year but we kept in touch since then. I have visited him on a regular basis during the last 7 years. I had special relations with Mickey and yet very complicated due to his mental & physical state. During our meetings along the years I have documented him, stills & video. His last years were hard. He was very lonely, his fame faded, friends didnt come or call. He said to me that he feels like “Leonardo without a paintbrush”. 

He died last week during his night sleep.

I am sharing some photographs to honor his troubled soul who is now, finally, in peace.

r u capable of being straightforward?

r u capable of feeling when is the right time to leave?

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r u capable of living out of passion and not only survival?

r u capable of upgrading your soul?

re births

always on the move

r u capable of expressing art under cultural siege?

OFRIN at the studio 

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i trust the timeline (i have no other way)

R u capable: Self-inquiry Through Photography by Mark L. Chaves - Grryo

An Interview with Photographer Idan Golko: A Self-examined Life by Mark Chaves to understand the R u Capable project in depth.

r u capable of trusting the timeline?

r u capable of loving now, before algorithm will do it for u?

(time will catch u too)

r u capable of letting go?

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r u capable of feeling what is the right time to leave?