Being juxtaposed
I could feel a lift of excitement in my studio thinking about making nine-square patterns with some of my monoprints. And when I began to rearrange the cut-out squares, jostling and juxtaposing them in new combinations, I could sense movement and subtle dialogues emerging.
Steam rising to lightning strikes. Rushing water to tangled vines. Simple expressions to intense emotions. Meandering melodies. Wild clamoring. Swirling gusts. Soothing waves. Dense thickets. Open spaces. Blurry memories and forgotten ills. All of it and more.
Images next to images, being juxtaposed. Expressions next to expressions, having dialogues. Somehow hanging together, mostly harmonious.
When sometimes we’re jostled or turned around, or if we’re next to something that’s different or unfamiliar, can we sense the dialogues already happening, and can we too try to hang together?
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