Memento Mori

War, Work, Wonder and Wistfulness

Looking at my praxis/research - the mosaic (a very entangled art form) it is itself is a metaphor for collected and possibly nonrelated fragments, beings, ideas, relics, memories both conceptually and materially. The action of entanglement- the force that draw or throws the us and we together - results in a collection of choruses that is heard as a symphony.

Visually, this is the mosaic. When seeing a multitude of views and visions that are thrust and set together they are no longer individuals. A unification and oneness occur by bringing these elements and personalities together. Why is there a need to heal and feel ‘complete”?

Metaphorically- myself as a mosaic- built from memory and trauma and the roles as mother and lover and child and artist and community activist and survivor - I am a structure of entanglements. The process of the “bringing together” is a methodology of storytelling within my physical studio art practice. Entanglements can be accidental, like a collision on a road or a random encounter, just as the setting of tesserae or unrelated fragments within a composition. I will leave this with a quote from painter Bob Ross: ““We don't make mistakes. We just have happy accidents.” - Karen Ami

is it broken or is it something else now?

It all begins with an idea.