"The letter that came too late" by Erik Pevernagie, oil on canvas, 100 x 130 cm

Irrevocability of time and irreparable emotional loss.

How many people have not been victims of redoubtable snail mails? So many letters, with an important emotional message, have been sent. They never reached their destination or, when it did, far too late. Time can cause irreparable loss and arouse a mental state of sadness, distrust, powerlessness and despair.

Bill Moore from Aurora, Colorado, was handed over a letter he had written to his girlfriend seven decades ago, which was discovered inside a record sleeve purchased from a thrift shop. A same trick of time and destiny has been played on Chuck Kunellis of Fair Oaks, California and John Eddington from Aurora, Colorado.

Extreme snail mails, which have been handed over 7O years later, after sending, caused an eruption of sorrowful emotion.

Phenomenon: Irrevocability of time

Factual starting point: letter handed over

'French': Irrévocabilité de temps. Le message ne peut être transmis à temps. Cela peut conduire à une situation dramatique et des sentiments d'impuissance.

'Nederlands': Onherroepelijkheid van de tijd. De boodschap kan niet op tijd geleverd worden. Dit kan leiden tot een dramatische situatie en gevoelens van hulpeloosheid.