taken from: 'laments '1989'original text:"[...] DEATH CAME AND HE LOOKED
LIKE A RAT WITH CLAWS.
I MADE HIM GO
INTO THE WALL.
I KEEP HIM THERE WITH
THE PRESSURE OF MY MIND.
I HEAR HIM SCRATCHING
AND CLIMBING.
MY THOUGHTS FLY TO THE
WALL TO SEAL THE CRACKS
AND ADD PLASTER
LAYERS FOR STRENGTH.
I KEEP MY BRAIN ON SO I
DO NOT FALL INTO NOTHING
IF HIS CLAW HURT ME. [...]"about the quoted person:American Conceptual Artist. her work has been shown worldwide in prominent institutions, however, the main focus of jenny holzer has been on the investigation of means to disseminate her ideas within public space. since the late seventies, she has been working in the street and in public buildings, using media that would enable her work to blend in the landscape. from lcd displays (e.g., in times square, new york) to posters and stickers (applied to such urban elements as telephone booths or parking meters), the texts function as comments on that environment they fit into, stimulating awareness of our social conditioning as conveyed by the very landscape in which we may be confronted by them.

Merging the advertising reality of the world and the 'stuffy' art world she has gained popular success and her thoughts have been printed on t-shirts, pencils, and license plates. Sex, death, power and war continue to remain themes since they were brought out in the early years with TRUISMS. Although through the years the authoritarian voice has developed into more personal and despairing voice.

As Jenny Holzer's work progresses she is exploring death more, each saying reflecting her feelings. On her work if the reflect her Holzer responds, "I live them all, to write them I had to imagine them."