Sacred Sense

The Nave Gallery - Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church, 155 Powderhouse Blvd., Somerville MA - LINK - Map
September 8 – October 5, 2006 | Opening Reception: Friday, Sept 8, from 6 - 8pm - STATEMENT

PULSE 042, 043, and 044

The story central to this work is that of spiritual opening, unfolding. Each painting presents a moment where a person’s true being, their presence, comes forth - like a moment when someone’s eyes light up, a moment when we are touched and touch, or a moment of revelation.

These works seek to convey a truth that inner joy persists. Yellow, a color of hope, radiates forth and surrounds. The directness of a circle within a square quite simply represents our self in relation to our environments. The line of the circle is the place of boundary, the edge that defines how we intersect with others and with the world.

If there were to be any message for the viewer, it would be that there is tremendous beauty in letting our spirit expand out beyond our internal walls. If the work were to convey an intuitive message, it would be that that presence is truth, undeniable, pure, and perfect. To receive this message a viewer must be ready to feel, let go of thought, leave these words behind and stand in front of the orbs and feel.

Respond to the work from your heart. Be willing to have no answer, no explanation. Suspend any judgment. Soak in what you can. Locate your own pulse.