Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Enclosure


Oil on Paper, 5' x 11'

Anamnesis


Oil on Paper, 10' x 5'

Anamnesis: recollection, or loss of forgetfulness.  Tied to the idea or philosophy that we have knowledge from previous lives.  (I am a little unsure of how I feel about the idea of actual reincarnation, but I do like the idea that human instincts could be the passage of information from previous generations through our genes)

My work had been about memory.  I had first started in this direction in the interest of preserving the memory of my mother, and dealing with the loss of memory of her after she had passed away.  After the initial works I started to broaden my interest.  I began looking back to my entire childhood, preserving memories, adding to them, embellishing.  Blurring lines between actual memory and dreams.  My work became a blurred reality.  

This piece in particular was a very strong memory.  It was a mixture of two nightmares I had as a child.  One about a large fire.  The other about being chased by someone who wanted to stab a needle into my spinal chord.  The entire next day I kept feeling the back of my neck thinking that I could feel the prick of that needle.  

This piece is like a medical history.  Bringing me to the more commonly used definition.  It isn't a "real" medical history, but it was very real to me at age 9.  Throughout the piece there are medical diagrams of the spinal column and the spinal chord.  I can still feel that tingle at the base of my neck.



Busy, Busy, Busy

Life is a bit hectic with wedding planning and all I want to do is work on art and jewelry, but well, I don't really have the time, but I keep managing to make a little time...I am planning something amazing and exciting, and I can't wait to see it into fruition.  And I hope it is everything I hope it will be.  Beyond that, the post below is my etsy shop.  I am hoping to start selling at some handmade markets.  But for now I just have to wait till I have time to make more.