tree of knowledge
my MFA thesis show opens tomorrow 5/14 in nyc, 6-8p
From, “fantasy is a place where it rains” —
Divine images are visions placed directly in the mind; they do not pass through the senses. Rather, they rain down from heaven. And so I will tell you about the images that have rained down onto me:
At the beginning there was a fruit – a juicy fruit, blooming, somewhere between nut and seed and flesh. A flower. A bud. At once ripe and ripening, at once full and yet still in a state of becoming, with leaves that are roots, roots that grow infinitely in a loop, into leaves. Behind it, day and night pass at once.
Day and night are always passing at once, if you zoom out. If you zoom out – multiple times can happen at once. Day breaks in one hemisphere and night falls in another. If you zoom out – think about it, everything is happening all at once. All realities are happening at once.
All timelines and all possibilities are happening in parallel – layered time – folding in on itself –
and all happening at once.
Happening and happened and yet to happen.
Each moment is pregnant with possibility.
Each memory folds in on itself. Each ending touches a beginning and with each touch: change.
Memories are dynamic. I worry about touching them too much, lest they be shaped, lest they be molded into something other than what they once were.
Everything happens at once.
Day on the left, night on the right. Times pass into each other and collapse into one image, one still image. Stillness. I think about that with painting: how to capture all of this, all that is happening, in one still image? Is it possible?
I attempt to capture multiple times in one frame.
Night on one side and day on the other. Sun and moon, moon and sun, in the same frame. Time touching, edge to edge.
Time folding into itself, just like the leaves and roots of this plant. Some have called it the tree of knowledge.
My MFA Thesis Show, “fantasy is a place where it rains” opens tomorrow at New York Studio School (8 W8th Street) from 6-8p. If you are in the city, I hope to see you there.
If you’d like to order one my exhibition booklets, you can order one here. There are only a few left so don’t wait! Thanks for your support. xo
