Dissolve into Mana
You are invited. This work is an invitation to explore the deep mysteries of nature, consciousness, and symbolism; to dissolve into primordial divine innocence, to immerse and saturate one’s core being in the mana, or energy/spirit of the wild. Life is short, precious, and mysterious.
All made in Upcountry Maui in Spring and Summer of 2021, this work is exploration of sacred solitude and sanctuary amid world crisis. We probe with curiosity, going deeper into both one’s true self and into nature, perhaps coming into cathartic discovery (revelation) and resultant effervescence (transformation.) Other themes explored are the dynamics of life and death, shadow and light, motion and stillness, and microcosm and macrocosm.
Allow the images to evoke with dream-like suggestive abstraction. Blur your eyes a little. Step back. We find cohesion in the equivalences. There are equivalences in shape, light, directionality, and composition; however, the largest equivalence is the overall sensual mood throughout the images, calling for intimate connection and summoning the willingness to surrender, allowing the illusion of separation to dissolve into radiance. I believe in the power of art and the ultimate responsibility of the artist to catalyze and deepen consciousness in community, and to advocate for human rights and social and environmental justice.
I am an advanced scuba diver, and have gone diving all over the world. I have formally studied and performed/presented exhibition in dance, architecture, drawing, painting, screen-print-making, graphic design, web design, book-making, photography, photojournalism, documentary filmmaking, and animation. I am a certified yoga teacher, disciplined meditator, and unabashed adventure-seeker.
