Resumen

FRUCI, Francesca. DAYDREAMING: CAPTURING THE INSTANT POETICS OF CONTEMPLATION. Índex [online]. 2025, n.19, pp.122-133. ISSN 2477-9199.  https://doi.org/10.26807/cav.v10i19.637.

In a context of fleeting and liquid modernity, this project proposes a contemplative pause as a poetic act. It explores the desire to experience the present through contemplation and the materialization of an impossible metaphor: capturing the ephemeral instant by holding and encapsulating water and sunlight, symbols of time. The concept of reverie or daydreaming, as explained by Gastón Bachelard, is explored as a process of active imagination and connection with matter. In this case, glass sculptures act as a bridge between water and the sun. According to this philosophy, the instant is a dreamlike experience where time is suspended, and perception is heightened. Thus, the work investigates how pausing to contemplate can evoke daydreams, alter the internal perception of time, and enable the experience of the present.

Palabras clave : Time; reverie; contemplation; light; water; glass sculpture.