Still[s]... In Sacred Places

With the 2018 series “Still[s]… In Sacred Places”; the Buddha once held up a flower for his fellow monks. After witnessing the presence of the bloom, a monk smiled, yet remained motionless. This practice of stillness and awareness is believed to be the origins and nature of Zen. The pieces explore these critical moments of liberation. While spiritual sages conceptualize flowers as enlightened plants, the collages juxtapose iconography (flowers, incense, markers, human beings, etc.) with the auras of sacred places. Meditative prayer poses are positioned as a witnessing presence and transformative path to silence and stillness.