This may sound crazy

I remember as a child feeling a sense of serenity in arranging objects.

This was probably just my brains way of organizing and understanding my environment, but it’s also a way of self soothing that has followed me though out my life.

Perhaps a little obsessive compulsive? but how things relate and connect to one another has always felt like a detective game I play with the world, often in a subconscious way.

If I place this plate in this way next to this glass not only will I be creating something beautiful to me but I will also be living somehow in harmony with in my surroundings.

Perhaps its a form of mindfulness? or just an arcane skill I’ve been developing over my lifetime, but it definitely plays a large part in how I create art.

A quilt is just a puzzle of pieces placed with thought, as is deciding what color to use in a painting or what angle to use when taking a photograph.

Trying to create that sense of harmony in the relationships of objects is a basic form of language or communication - that of a tactile and visual nature.

Anyway noticing the many ways we express and communicate with our world is a practice, especially since we’re all coming from very different perspectives.

Imagine how many different ways there are to communicate besides language or words…obviously we are limited in our human form, but observing other living creatures, insects, plants

and how they manage to interact and meet their needs- dare I say live in harmony with their environment. Isn’t that ultimately what we are all trying to do?

Communicating and being expressive in the world is truly amazing and that we are able to understand each other at all is a miracle. It is something that I appreciate often!

Especially when it comes in the form or shape of artistic expression.