“rituals” is the work made during therman statom’s class at penland school of crafts in 2019. we were each given one week to make a body of work for a one-night solo show. the trajectory of the following pieces begins outside, and ends in the gallery. they are all rituals for me— a synthesis of thoughts from that summer and internal magic for the future
ghosts
or nests ?
what’s the difference ?
you can’t be so comfortable forever here
it will fade away
maybe you can build it somewhere else
see the world through the touch of that first cool hand
mountain, sky
Eat or Be Eaten (?)
you’ll decide
firefly told me
his wife said
if he got a pink rabbit tattoo
she’d never doubt him again
“Now she’s my ex wife
— joke’s on her. Pink’s my favorite color.”
the joke’s on all of us, and we are telling it
there may be a snake in the path, but it is too small to bite me
it’s good to remember
maybe we should keep these reminders close
hold onto the images as long as we can
because they’ll fade
maybe at the beginning we knew all the answers
knew how to come home
at some point it became harder to hang onto
but the house that was prepared for you was never quite a home
the house that was prepared for you is too small now, you’ve grown