TO EXPERIENCE. AND ENJOY. TO DISCOVER. AND REJECT.
TO ENGAGE. AND QUESTION. TO WONDER. AND RESPOND.
The poet Rainer Maria Rilke said:
“If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees.“
One could argue Homo sapiens has risen. Humankind’s ingenuity has allowed us to shelter ourselves from the inhospitable sides of nature, but the unkind and destructive way in which we dominate the natural world has come at a cost. We have removed ourselves so far that we have started to regard ourselves as distinct of that of which we are ultimately a part. While we may appear to stand tall, without roots to ground us, will we eventually fall?
I have always been fascinated by this dichotomy of the human existence and when, after a 1st career as a dancer, I embarked on a new creative career as a visual artist, it was this fascination that inspired my work. Nature’s resilience, the implications of our lost connection to nature and what it would take to reconnect are reoccurring themes in my art.