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This one originally came from an old piece of mine (that I'm going to destroy soon) in which I made a shadow box that contained a ceramic figure draped in a veil. Her hands were opening her veil at her chest, and you can see that her chest is hollow and instead of a heart, she has feathers. It was all about fear. Anyway, this piece seems to expand on that. The feather and the knife reference the "fight or flight" nature of all animals, with the red background representing anger and blood. But I gave it it's title shortly after I had finished reading a wonderful book that was an introduction to Zen, because it also seemed to me that stating the obvious, especially in the case of art, makes you wonder. Is it just a feather and a knife? Is there more to it? But then it isn't a feather or a knife; it's an IMAGE of both. What is a feather or a knife? Why is this not a feather or a knife? The whole image just seems like one of those nonsense Zen riddles that are created to make the ponderer break out of his/her patterns of thinking. This piece is in the collections of Tony & Joseph Kirkland-Purvis, Lester & Shirley Pope, Brett Hitzell, Claire & Gary Schwartz, Daniel E. & Cathy Stetson, and Leah & Canon Kirby. |