2001 GRADUATE ART EXHIBIT
Chestnut Hill College
Philadelphia, PA

Thresholds of the Spirit
Bamboo assemblages, 3′ x 9′

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Threshold I

flaring forth

. . . a time of reconnection
and openness to wonder,
creative imagination,
and intimacy
with the Creator,
Creation, and Self;
inspiration

 

Threshold II
formation

. . . a time of
evolving awareness
of systemic disorder/chaos
and discovery of freedom
from unhealthy attachments;
evaluating what works
and what does not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Threshold III
recycling

. . . a time of
intimate solidarity
with the passion/pathos
of Life
by participation
in lament, brokenness, and love;
creating with the agony and the ecstasy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Threshold IV
transformation

. . . a time of
radical compassion
and creativity unleashed
for the well-being
of all of Life—God’s household;
living with the discovery
and power of connection
and communion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where the Spirit is,
there is freedom
. . . and all of us with unveiled faces
. . . are being transformed
. . . from one degree of glory to another;
for this comes from the Spirit.

II Corinthians 3:17-18