“To have a conversation, we don’t always need a person present nor spoken words, a dialogue can be with an object, a space, an arch above a door.”
Untitled Painting | Carl Barnett Design/Studio
To have a conversation, we don’t always need a person present nor spoken words, a dialogue can be with an object, a space, an arch above a door. It can be a simple viewing of beauty that sparks wonder and magic, a conversation of emotion, thought and touch. It can be as short as a glance or hours long as reading a book, dissecting its words, and consuming its sentences. It can be just that, reading and conversing, consuming the information given: digesting what’s in front of us, or what surrounds.
Ceramic Vessel | Kathryn Robinson-Millen
How we interact and move in our spaces is telling, what we surround ourselves with and how we engage. Our mindset and mood are either transformed or reaffirmed, depending on what we choose to see or in fact wish to change. We can be pulled deeper or pulled from, which is what beauty and space allows, a guidance of mind and body, reassurance or transformation. It is the nuances of strokes and carvings, as it is shapes, colors and images that spark thought and pull emotion, inspiring our day and even our future. How we live can be a catapult or a moment of ease.
“An object made in Africa, held in Nebraska, tells of both people and location, an ongoing dialogue, a sharing and reading of stories.”
The view from our windows are as important as the view to our inner walls and spaces. Views transport, wether it is a framed window or framed art. The objects we collect, handmade or not, tells stories of the world around, both by the maker and the imagery, shapes and materials chosen. Objects are windows, framed by the walls they share, opening the world, our mind and emotions. An object made in Africa, held in Nebraska, tells of both people and location, an ongoing dialogue, a sharing and reading of stories.
Cantilevered Bench | Phaedo
Each object we use is a storybook of the maker, be it clothes, art or frying pan. They each have had a hand attached, either by the creating, processing, packing or even, selling. This is a conversation, of creativity, touch and seeing. An engagement of words, only in the mind and deep in the body. Objects and how we live, resonates deep into our being, as do words, written and spoken, sifting and passing through the funneling mind. This is how we understand our world and our selves, through objects, spaces, people and words.
Studio | Carl Barnett Design/Studio
Artist | Michele Oka Doner