Matter

Cruise it
Up and down
The road

The Roman god Mercury was a messenger in charge of of commerce and travel.

“The other is the one who I can never fully know or understand, the one who is always mysterious and elusive.” – Maurice Blanchot

Material world
Grounded experience
Interconnectedness

Complex simplicity found and isolated on the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry.

“The world of appearances is constantly changing and flowing.” – Henri Bergson

Water cooler
Cup holder
Thirsty pigs

Simply trying to get through the day.

“To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

Overlapping
Optical illusion
Moire patterns

Imperfect alignment can lead to interesting patterns.

“Focusing isn’t just an optical activity, it is also a mental one.” – Bridget Riley

Chrome bison
Created entirely
Automobile bumpers

Many were slaughtered by the U.S. government in an organized effort to destroy the livelihood of Plains Indians.

“Today, they occupy only about 1 percent of their former range.” – Pamela Baker-Masson

Of my kind
Laughing chance
Sensations stagger

Frequently there is beauty in deterioration.

“All things that have form eventually decay.”– Masashi Kishimoto

Way of appearing
Accidental properties
Accompany essence

Operating beneath perception.

“Meaning will only interest me insofar as it arises out of all the ‘details’ which embody its present mode of being.” – Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Presiding over
Eclectic window
Collection

Contemplating deeply on a shared stage.

“Give yourself a gift of five minutes of contemplation in awe of everything you see around you.” – Wayne Dyer

Byzantine
Compositional
Stochasticity

Extracting organizational order out of randomness.

“Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.” – Nikos Kazantzakis

Decoy duck
Carved from wood
Accurately painted

These objects are now considered genuine vintage valuables.

“Every time a duck talks to you, it says, ‘Quack.’ That’s a species so advanced it has reduced the complexity of communication down to a one-word language.” – Jarod Kintz