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Trinity Passages

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Trinity Passages

What to say about my art (especially abstract) is difficult for me as my attraction to the language of visual images does not reside in the written or spoken word...that said I will endeavor to comment on some of the thoughts I have about the art I make and while making it. Layering textures is big for me and certain shapes especially circles move me and the attraction has never faded. Making art from intuition as in Trinity Passages is a process of "Don't think...do!" in order to move my mind into letting information emerge from an instinctive place. It doesn't mean my mind isn't working...it just gets it to flow from a deeper place. Making art is a type of meditation for me. Trinity Passages and this series of acrylics on paper seem to embody a sense of the universe and deep space and at the same time they seem like atoms and molecules to me, expanding and contracting. I am reminded of one of my favorite movies, "Mindwalk" starring Liv Ullman. A poet and politician meet a physicist, Sonia, (Liv Ullman) and carry on a discussion while touring the Abbey of Mont St. Michel in France. It is often criticized as a slow and cerebral film that comes off to some as a lecture but I find Sonia's method of weaving science, history, philosophy...etc together fascinating. It also reminds me of many timeless conversations while traveling where I've met people willing to go deep into a subject like this without necessarily resolving anything...just exploring. I've learned so much from those experiences. The more I make pieces like Trinity Passages I am reminded of Sonia's descriptions of 'worlds within worlds, organisms within organisms, systems within systems and that everything is connected' and how not enough of us think this way even though a 'macro sensitive vision of the world' is essential to our survival. My favorite line of Sonia's is that we are suffering from a 'crisis of perception'. Making this art helps me with that and brings me to the present moment of connecting with something larger than myself. That in turn brings me joy.