Fire

No flower left to recognise, no branch. Only red, orange and yellow crashing into each other, with cool blue in between, and beneath them the ridges of the paint. If the wall is about the moment love created everything, this part looks like that moment itself: heat and light, before there are shapes. This detail of For the Love of God, the mural by Francis Sling at Landhuis Rondeklip, Curaçao, was photographed on 28 May 2025. Francis says that, wearing the best glasses in the world, he sees a universe of examples, like popcorn popping open: each one unique, yet part of one big story. In this photo you see what that popping open might look like. The same idea runs through his new book, For Example.