From February to March I will have the solo show HEAL, at the General Fine Craft and Design Gallery, located in Almonte, Ontario (see map). The opening will be on Sunday March 22, from 1 to 3 pm. The show consists of two bodies of work: The Healing Alphabet, and The Nine Organs. The objects were made with mixed media: wood, paper, fabric, embroidery, a sawing machine, a torch, transfers, and drawing supplies.
All healing requires time. It happens in layers, as coatings of skin, streams
of kind words, soothing sounds, and restoring actions. There are different types of healing:
repairing a broken tissue, mending a deep soul wound, curing a polluted river,
or restoring a broken community. However,
all healing requires a similar disposition: enormous courage to face fear and
to look at pain closely.
During my healing progress, I found creativity and
resiliency compelling to carry on; to overcome sadness, despair, and specially a sense of
unfairness and rage. The reason being
that Healing urges me to look at my darkest sides, and into the scary shades of
unknown mysteries. Only then, the wound
is identified and the real work begins.
Healing starts to happen when I feel again the burning
pain. As I skulk again through it, I begin
to experience transformation. In time, the
treasure is revealed. It then becomes
lush soil, rich hummus, and abundant compost for the soul. Healing brings a sense of gratitude that makes
me eager to disclose the discoveries to honour the process.
In this body of work, art mirrors my healing path: it embodies the process and gives shape to the task.
In this body of work, art mirrors my healing path: it embodies the process and gives shape to the task.
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