I sense an opening in our individual and collective imaginations just now, even as the days grow shorter. I feel the recently named piece I’ve chosen to share with you for October speaks to this.
You Want to Go Where?
2020
We have all felt tied down while isolating. The collective experience of this worldwide disease has damaged our hope, but even more so, our imagination. Now, we are gradually opening up again, and we even see some positive signs toward ending the war in Ukraine.
In this sculpture, which some of you may have seen at Open Studios, a woman rides a sort of chicken mount, an animal that often delights us by its mere existence. She seems gleefully engaged in her thoughts and imagination about the future. Meanwhile, a comet streaks through the upper sky as if in recognition of the power in opening to one’s imagination. Yet even the quizzical chicken steed looks surprised by this sudden burst of its rider’s imagination. Hence, the title: You Want to Go Where?
For me, this piece acts as both a symbol and a guide to a post-pandemic way of living on the planet. It invites us to allow our imagination to wander freely and to call in the most positive and beneficial actions for a full re-blossoming of ourselves, our communities, and our world.
As John Lennon said: Imagine!
