I find my style becoming more symbolically rich, the more it develops and evolves. This piece is teeming with symbolism, and was inspired by a very meaningful moment shared with a loved one.
The Summer of 2019, my beloved and I camped in Mount Shasta together for about a month, where we stargazed every night around a fire, would stay up until sunrise reading each other our poetry, bathed in the lakes and streams, and immersed ourselves in the magic of the land, and of each other. It was one of the most beautiful and sacred times of my life.
In one of these moments, she looked into my eyes, and pointed out that she could see her own reflection in the layer of moisture coating them – literally seeing herself in my eyes. I looked back into hers, and could physically see myself staring back. I had never noticed this before when looking into someone’s eyes, and of course, it sparked layers of depth and meaning within me.
I held that moment as the intention for creating this piece, attempting to symbolize the sacredness of that experience. The two beings in each circle of the Vesica Pisces are reflecting each other, and within the “eye” in the center of the Vesica is a golden being that represents the same Self that looks back at us from behind the eyes of another.
The trees and branches stemming from the two beings represent our connection to the whole of Creation – the earth, the trees, the stars, the wind, and the waters…
And the circles with various images that border the piece represent the journey of the soul, and the diversity of experiences that we undergo, ultimately leading us into a deeper knowing that it is the same Self staring back when we look into the eyes of another.
It is one of my highest intentions, to create work that awakens and transmits the energy of this deep archaic knowledge that lives within each and every one of us. And I love blending sacred geometry with hieroglyphic-shamanic style imagery to depict the journey of the soul, with all of its mystery and magic.