1″ x 1.5″, found objects
It’s been an intense week of a conference about racial justice and how to move the world and our institutions toward equity. We talked about the discomfort of sharing power and challenging white supremacy. I never leave these conversations feeling satisfied, but they’re a chance for introspection. In all of my art I feel comforted by symmetry. There’s something so calm and balanced about the two sides of an object being the same. But there’s also something sinister about the mirroring of what’s already there. I may not be ready this week to take the bold step of making a piece that’s not symmetrical, but at least I put a moving piece at the bottom. As it swings, it’ll throw off the balance just a little, making space for something that’s new, different, unbalanced, and very possibly better.
