Go Deeper
To see the World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your Hand And Eternity in an Hour
—William Blake, Auguries of Innocence
Go Deeper Series II, III, and IV, 2020
Remnants of the Last Search (left), It’ll Clear Your Mind (center), and We’ll Never Meet (right)
Wood, reclaimed paper, hot glue, acrylic paint, acrylic mediums, dry mediums, gouache, ink, laser cut bristol paper, cotton yarn, wire, and masonite. Dimensions variable.
There is a universal desire for understanding and clarity amidst the chaos of displaced memories. This is true of not only the forgotten and repressed moments, but those experiences rewritten through frequent recollection leaving only a favored but idealized fragment of the original experience. This longing to know/remember secrets, to excavate what is hidden or lost, is a search for personal truth. The mundane object, a shovel perched in soil a breath between actions is a reminder to dig, to take action, to bury or to excavate. This search is part of the very nature of home, even if home does not actually exist.
