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increasingly prominent in my work. Species and
h global warming. For years, I gathered fragile
tures and stored them in my studio or classroom.
I sliced one in half and marveled at its beautiful
and creatures in encaustic wax and placing into
nded by thorns but is guarded by the mole hand
f survival of the fittest. I placed this piece into a
s memento mori.
Carolyn Berry
Artist Statement
age
t your sternum
ith light of breath
igo memory
rkling in a stream,
r diaphragm
aks open
less dreams
ith sky and sun,
your gut
ur chest heave
ight of wisdom
isible line
int and smoke,
t from the black
st beneath white
light.
, the machine
p detritus
ndom intervals,
ple but a water carrier,
f particulate. You move
f danger as you open
eak with the divine,
ls, leave clouds
, snake through stark
tasis some call God,
collage.