• Retracing my steps

    Retracing my steps

    ‘It’s a lot about love and relationships and the memories of the experiences that I’ve had in connecting with people. And so it really felt like a process of retracing my steps, reflecting on those experiences and trying to make some kind of meaning or new language from those memories.’ Jamilia Woods About my travels…

  • SOUVENIRS

    SOUVENIRS

    Full Circle of the Senses. Marks on paper, to remember. In italian, there are 3 distinct words: rammantare: with a mind for facts ricordare: with heart for feeling rimembrare: with the body, for physical sensation How lovely to have record of all those aspects of remembering. The power of a sketchbook: full circle of the…

  • community + connection

    community + connection

    Finding Community + Connection. My recent travels to Civita offered me earnest students and a special place that I realized was nested deep within my heart. My sketchbook offered me a place to mark the those connections and now back in studio I have ‘new eyes’, those seeing differently. I will be posting those insights…

  • Assignment 8: Place in Time

  • Community.

    com·mu·ni·ty /kəˈmyo͞onədē/ a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals. 2019 in Civita was  memorable and wonderful. It was all about ‘community’: the Civitoni, Laura, Tony, visiting fellows returning to the Civita Institute, amazing chefs at the restaurants, shop owners, tractor drivers and of course, my adventurous…