I Am, 2023
Artist book bound using linen thread and Keith Smith’s Greek Sewing pattern. Lenox paper, Iridescent mylar, hand-set metal type, polymer plate
Edition of 3.
I am is an artist book inspired by the calm that exists under the turbulence of waves. Maybe you’ve had the pleasure of being deep under the waves and watching the churning above, from the ease below. I made this after I walked the Camino Frances, using leftover papers from other projects. The text reconciles what the papers brought to the project with the thoughts that were going through my head in the summer of 2023.
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I am
~
I am not the
turbulence
of my mind
I am steadfast
I am continuous
I am light
I am ease
I am quiet
~
I am the stillness
of the oceans
depths
I am the pristine
clarity
of the sea
I am not the waves
I am the flow
I am the pulse
~
I am not the
irregularity
of my heart
I am the break
I am the way into
knowing
I am magic
~
I am not the frontier
I am beyond
the beyond
I am the surrender
~
I am part and separate
I am the both and
~
I am
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