See What You Are Seeing

September 7, 2022 Carl Barnett

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Liadain Warwick Smith**

It is through the poetics of making we see ourselves, a mirror of life and living. Beauty and the perfectly imperfect. Humans atop a turning planet. We are, despite our best intentions, pulled by distractions, and overwhelmed by our minds of concern. The world has become smaller, the macro to micro. It is time that we stopped, not to look, but to see. To surround ourselves with beauty, to pause and reflect. See, what we are seeing. Feel, what we are feeling. Build, a new dream.

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Peter Valcarcel**

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Gabriel J. Shuldiner**

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Kathryn Robinson-Millen**

“No one sees a flower, really, because to see takes time. Like to have a friend takes time.”

—Georgia O’Keefe

The Artisan And The Artisanal

September 2, 2022 Carl Barnett

“Living fully through the creative mind.”

**NOURISH Gallery** **| SENTIENT - Symphony Chair In Solid Black Walnut, Custom Live Edge Table in Maple - Ceramic Vessels - Benjamin Provo, Liadain Warwick Smith.**

The creative endeavor can be viewed as a map, it informs, resolves, eases, and inspires, as we navigate our lives forward. Living fully through the creative mind. Seeing what you are seeing. Experiencing, appreciating, contributing, and consuming. Being present, outside the body and mind, and within. This is what the hand created brings, presence to beauty, time, and living life.

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Kershaw Studio - Olio Table In Oak**

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Kershaw Studio - Olio Chair In** Oak

**NOURISH Gallery** **| VULPE - Siggi Chair In Ash**

What we create and collect tells a story of who we are: beauty, faith, and desire. Our collections bring us joy and a sense of security. They tie us to others, going beyond our four walls and mindful concerns. We consume them, much like we consume our food, giving nourishment to our minds and bodies. The hand created brings a sense of community as we navigate the uncertainties of living, supporting ourselves as we support the endeavors of others. The artisan, and the artisanal. Living with the beauty of the hand created inspires, eases, and connects us to a deeper sense of living.

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Liadain Warwick Smith - Earthenware Vessels**

**NOURISH Gallery** **| PANTRY | The Goods**

**NOURISH Gallery** **| OXUM NYC - Porcelain Tumbler**

**NOURISH Gallery** **| OXUM NYC - Porcelain Tall Cup**

“It’s a matter of supporting the makers and enjoying what the maker has made. To nourish and to be nourished.”

**NOURISH Gallery** **| SENTIENT - Live Edge Table**

**NOURISH Gallery** **| SENTIENT - Symphony Chair In Solid Black Walnut**

**NOURISH Gallery** **| LIBRARY | Glenn Adamson**

**NOURISH Gallery** **| LIBRARY | Carl Dellatore**

Beauty At Home

August 27, 2022 Carl Barnett

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Benjamin Provo**

“There is beauty around us that’s inspiring, the people, the things we collect, the words we read aloud or alone. This will always be, our constant, the narrow bridge forward, our genetic drive to persevere: love, will, and hope.”

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Kenneth Nilson**

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Liadain Warwick Smith, Carl Barnett, Gaia Starr, Vulpe Works, Benjamin Provo**

**NOURISH Gallery** **| SENTIENT, Liadain Warwick Smith, Kathryn Robinson-Milen, Vulpe Works, Carl Barnett**

NOURISH And The Creative Endeavor

August 26, 2022 Carl Barnett

“Beauty is a salve, creativity its vehicle.”

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Benjamin Provo, Liadain Warwick Smith, SENTIENT, Carl Barnett**

Beauty is a salve, creativity its vehicle. Through NOURISH I explore what the creative endeavor does, reflecting who we are, the perfectly imperfect. It is through the creative mind we resolve, ease and inspire.

**Yawanawá Community | Amazon rainforest**

“The world is troubled because we are troubled, the Earth is ill because we are.”

The hand created reflects who we are: body, mind, emotion, and energy. What binds us as humans, the complexities of beauty.

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Vulpe, Gia Starr, Laura Kastin, Carl Barnett**

NOURISH is a concept of creativity and support. Living fully, through the creative mind: resolve, inspiration and beauty. To do better, to be better, to try. The world is troubled because we are troubled, the Earth is ill because we are. This is why we create and collect, to give purpose, meaning, and ease to our living, and our ways of being human.

Through the creative endeavor we thrive. A little lighter. A little easier.

Connection. Why We Create And Collect.

August 14, 2022 Carl Barnett

“This is why we create and collect, making physical the ephemeral. Giving weight to emotion, and the transience of being human.”

There is a connection between our inner world and our outer world: beauty within, beauty without. This is why we create and collect, making physical the ephemeral. Giving weight to emotion, and the transience of being human.

NOURISH Gallery

The world is troubled because we are troubled. The Earth is ill because we are. In contrast, the world is beautiful, as we are beautiful. Two realities that co-exist in equanimity. What we think, we see more of, what we do, we get. The creative endeavor is a mirror, window, and door to who we are and what the world can be, and is. If we can destroy through the creative mind, we can create, better.

**BiodiverCity, Malaysia, designed by BIG**

“For the sake of the ego, we sometimes create what does not fully serve us as humans.”

**Amaravati, India, designed by Foster + Partners**

Since the onset of the industrial revolution, we have lost our connection to the Earth, wonder, and magic. And with the advent of AI and VR, this disconnection is increasing. We are widening the gap between who we are, where we are, and each other. For the sake of the ego, we sometimes create what does not fully serve us as humans. The creative mind can be a tool for change, both negative and positive depending on where the ego lies.

It is through the hand created that we connect to others and ourselves, shining light and easing our passage onward.

NOURISH Gallery | Carl Barnett

“Beauty is a reflection of who we are, and what we can achieve.”