Flashe, acrylic, coloured pencil on canvas.20x36x1.50"Without a thought, there’s an inhale, an exhale. One count. Two. Three. Four. Easily disrupted, easily controlled. Without a thought, there’s a beat, a filling, a releasing. The systolic and diastolic in perfect flow, mindlessly, lovingly; your own heart beating only for you; your own heart living just for you. Without a thought to your thoughts, they can build a cage around your mind, set the bullseye for your heart and strike in the dark. To make a home of your own heart is a choice, a meditation, a practice; the ultimate rebellion to hate; an act of pure love. ___________ Displacement: The act of being removed, displaced, rehoused, relocated; to result in a state of disorganization, confusion, elation, inspiration, disruption. The Displacement collection explores the post-adrenaline lucidity that settles in after having been rearranged, moved, shifted, altered, either in place and body or spiritually in heart and mind, or in most cases, both. The artist is asking questions about what results in the heart, mind and psyche after having been physically displaced, as she observes members of her community be un-housed and re-housed, either by choice or by circumstance. In the artist’s personal case, she is aware of her position of privilege as she seeks to move locations and displace herself as a form of empowerment and inspiration; whereas the same experience of displacement for those who have not elected to do so is disorienting, exhausting and draining. Displacement is an exploration of the power behind intention, the divide between social classes and the way conversations about displacement either empower or oppress others based on their socio economic circumstances.
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