My work rarely allows a person to just look and recognize. Reactions to my work have reflected the feeling of moving back and forth between the more easily recognizable familiar object and that which requires more effort. A tension is created and requires the viewer to participate in order to develop their own experience of the space.
The Space Between Time: Within every glance, there is a series of moments that may or may not be noticed. When we engage in a conversation, meditate while sitting in a park, or stare at a single object, each experience is embedded within the context many moments, a greater meaning, and a greater universe that is more than a single glance. This series in an ongoing effort to notice that space between time, or moments, which is part of every experience, but is not always seen. It can be a reflection of a vague memory, a flash of light, or a glance at a passerby which comes to the foreground and then recedes without disappearing. Through this series, the space or momentary images between an arbitrary beginning and the ending point in time are remembered.
In participating in the Eyes in Progress workshop with Michael Ackerman, my intention was to increase my ability to incorporate that introspective moment into my work that may also increase the emotional narrative that is created not just by the image but also encouraging the viewer to develop their own narrative.
