My first solo show opens in 11 days. What is the story I want to tell? Is it about the cool colors, textures and shapes of my Compost Compositions? Yes. Is it about the stories those Compositions tell about food, culture and the regenerative power of waste? Yes. And there is more. Behind these photographs there is me, a woman in mid life choosing to share her work and, by default, her story - - A story that begins with a beginners mind - - a willingness to explore not just content that most ignore, but process as well. Perhaps that is why last year I had so much fun dismantling and composting my Harvard and UVA Degrees. Why not explore? Or, perhaps that is why I am OK sharing my first attempt at decorating a silk dress with embroidered imagery of my own design. Now that it is Show Time the connections between these experiments becomes clearer. In a world filled with fear, I am no longer afraid to reframe my relationship to garbage or to myself. To learn more,
you'll have to come to the show. The opening is October 11 at AVA Gallery in Lebanon, NH. My Artist's Talk is November 1 at 5pm, also at AVA Gallery. Or, you can just keep reading this blog. More will be revealed, I'm sure. |
Lyn Swett Miller
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