Does the river have rights?
If she runs fast and true
and still remembers you?
Like the land shifts
and responds to its inhabitants
with loving receptivity,
I ask my viewer,
Can you consider this ecosystem whole?
Will you accept that it envelopes you?
Can you discern the pieces conjoined?
the way connection becomes marriage,
The way collage becomes spell.
The works before you
are a meditation on
the natural phenomena
that permeate our world
And breathe life into every living being.
I lean on the repetitive, ancient rituals of
weaving and the alchemical ritual of
cyanotype as a generative, motherly matrix
to explore my stream of conscious -
guided by the currents of
beloved rivers and creeks.
These are my faithful records
of the little transformations
the little transcendences
That intertwined with everyday life
and leave me in awe.
May these intricate currents
of weft and warp
carry you through spaces
conductive of care.
May this light illuminate
the colorways of the landscape,
and let you in on a secret…
one hidden from all those
who move too quickly,
or without curiosity.
This is an intimate invitation
to consider the shapes and colors
of the sacred present
in our everyday lives,
and draw us closer to it.
To draw a ribbon of light upon the waters…
To reach in
And hold this love like a stone
in the palm of your hand.
let it saturate you
(then let it go).