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My practice probes our perception of plants through explorative and tactile drawing. The process is intuitive; I absorb the plants with my senses. In capturing each essence emitted through drawing, I’m aiming to provoke a response unmediated by intellect.

Philosopher Merleau-Ponty writes, “The world is not what I think, but what I live through.”[1] This lived experience is integral to the work as the ‘nature’ of each plant is revealed to me through the time I spend with them. My work is a personal interpretation of botany, I’m expressing the plants as I experience them. Identifying their sensory qualities beyond what can be seen by the eye stimulates a neonatal vision of plants.

I work by embedding graphite powder into my fingertips then: stencil, smudge, dot, blend, and erase instinctive marks onto the surface. This direct touch creates a circuit between person, plant, and paper, creating an authentic pathway in documenting the thoughts I have when I’m not thinking.

[1] Ponty, M. (1945) Phenomenology of Perception, London, Routledge, p. xvii

 

 

 

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