| Artist's Statement : Optical Eye Lenses |
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| The circle fascinates me, both as a symbol of self, wholeness and
totality and as a power for the way the world works. Nature moves
in circles. The seasons form a great circle and yet always return
year after year, season after season. Small droplets form rain; circles
that fall from the sky to the earth, only to be recycled through natures
processes and again fall as rain from the sky. A never-ending cycle,
a never-ending process. I believe we are like the circle....never-ending.
Black Elk, an Oglala Sioux holy man once said: "The life of a man
is a circle from childhood to childhood, and so it is in everything where
power moves."
I have chosen to paint and draw on new and antique optical eye lenses. The cast shadows of the drawings and paintings from the lenses, are intended to act as a reminder that: how we see the world informs our world, creates our world and builds our future. Depending on how the light hits the lenses - determines the cast shadow. If the light or the angle of the lens change - so too does the shadow. When we challenge our perspective and embrace new possibilities, a new paradigm can begin. But we must remember to remember, we are like the rain, we are like the circle......never ending. 2007 |
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