How things are shared.

The spaces between things in which exchanges and interchanges occur hold a potential (charge/energy) that acts on the various parts which duly share narratives of beliefs, histories, characteristics, through their positioning and resulting dynamics in the situation. There are static situations, but I am more interested in the shifting ones. How something is going to change is not predictable but one can observe the parts, the qualities of the relationships, and by the positioning and particulars of the figures, in the case of humans in the scene, what expectations there might be. These expectations are based on individual needs within cultural norms (Brecht) There is a correlation of movement in the body to soothe the mind, and with particular movements trauma is released from the amygdala. Certain repititous movement regulates the nervous system. Rituals that herald changes in life bring acceptance and some calm to the fear and insecurity that accomapnies change.

Mother Nature Giving Away Secrets , 48''x60'', 2011