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Artist Statement - Time

          As I was brainstorming ideas for this project, I was having a very hard time coming up with ones and became frustrated because I was at such a lost. It wasn’t until I was doing my regular volunteering at Platte Forum, which host’s art camps for troubled teens, or children who don’t have art in their schools. While I was there I began to see objects that caught my eye, such as the red couch, the writing on chalkboard, and the clock on the wall. My brain started churning and I picked up my digital camera and started playing around with different angels. The words on the chalkboard were the most inspiring, for they were part of a long passage of a poem a girl wrote about losing her uncle. The artist in residency at Platte Forum currently is doing a segment on grief and was working with teens from The Joan Farley Academy, Third Way Center. She had each teen write stories or poems about anything they wanted, but centered around grief. This poem was extremely powerful and when I was taking the picture of my hand on the board I felt like I was touching a very sacred and heartfelt memory. The photo on the red couch was at the same place and I couldn’t help but take a picture with the couch being that magnificent bright red and the afternoon light coming through the window. Sitting on the couch, right after reading that touching poem and having the warm sun hit my face was a magical time for me. I truly felt something and stayed in that position minutes after the shot was taken, savoring that moment. The next two were while I was waiting for time to pass at the lightrail station and finally on the light rail. While taking these picture I realized that so much of our life is spent waiting for time to pass, when instead we should be living each minute to its fullest.

            

Time Pictures

 Wishing.. Wanting.. Waiting..

The Last Time I Felt You

Tranquil Time

Eight-thirty A.M

Passing Time

Melting Away