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Earthly Delights Series (1999-present)
This work explores connections to the "other" and that which
is elemental within us. The tension with the animal is an essential aspect
of our humanness. We both celebrate and condemn that which is wild and
instinctual. This long ambivalence is evident in art and literature throughout
human history. As adults in contemporary western society, we live more
in the mind than in the body, but not always comfortably. The erotic insistence
of the life force (including death) impels us back into our bodies and
into the animal kingdom, and the terms of our existence with one another
are both brutal and tender. The biblical story of Eden and the subsequent
expulsion of humans because of their knowledge (consciousness) is a powerful
metaphor for our alienation from and ultimate subjugation of other living
beings on Earth.
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