Black pepper represents the dark - the shadow. My uncle says we wouldn't know the light without the dark.
Every summer I'm drawn (no pun intended) to the daylily -which lives for a day and then dies.
The closed hand represents being closed to life. When I am closed, I am closed to everything and it's not a fun place to be in. However, I know and accept that nothing lasts forever.Like the moon, I wax and wane.
Matches have always inspired me - I love the little box and the way it folds into itself. They speak to the burning and getting rid of, and also to illuminating - brightening my day with candles, incense, and fires.
This orange and yellow painting is very powerful to me - it represents all that is good and right - it is very, very positive.
The shell again surrounded with mark-making. I was at a residency and an older female artist said we don't have to know where mark-making comes from - it comes from a deep place. I never forgot that - speaks to the mystery of life.
