In Conversation with Art
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
I know this may sound crazy, but I have conversations with my art. Yup, it’s true, I talk with my work, and then allow myself to connect with the quiet energy that it communicates back in response.
I became conscious of my conversations during my exhibit in Kyoto last year. Perhaps it stemmed from the daily prayers that I offered at the small temple along Tetsugaku-no-Michi (Philosophers Path), or the quiet moments inside the temple before I opened the heavy doors, or maybe I’ve been doing it unconsciously since who knows when. However it started, it’s become ritual, especially during exhibits.
I think, in general, we artists invest tremendous amounts of love and care into our work and often find it difficult to let the work have a life of its own after it is finished. We often want to protect it, as if it were a child. We want the collector to love it as much as we do.
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