One Thousand Prayers
There is a common belief in Japan concerning the numbers one hundred and one thousand. For example, if you make one hundred prayers at a shrine, your prayer will be heard; or if you make one thousand paper cranes, your wish will come true. Obviously, the fulfillment of prayers or wishes do not happen for real often, but we as human beings like to believe in something, especially when those prayers and wishes involve things beyond the control of our individual abilities or wisdom. The process of repeating an action one hundred or one thousand times is believed to help ease our worries, as the time spent completing these tasks can meditate us. This meditative time is real, unchangeable, and universal.
ONE THOUSAND PRAYERS, 2009
Silkscreen, Monoprint, and Linoleum cut
60” x 202-1/2”
ONE HUNDRED PROMISES TO THE EARTH, 2010
Woodcut, Silkscreen, Monoprint, and Collagraph
81” x 96”
Installation view – One Thousand Prayers
Olin Art Gallery, 2012
Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania
ONE THOUSAND PERSON-STITCHES, 2010
Linoleum cut on fabric & Stitches
6” x 69”
ONE THOUSAND PERSON-STITCHES - Detail, 2010
Installation view
Olin Art Gallery, 2012
Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania
SADAKO’S DIARY #2, 2010
Silkscreen and Monoprint on folded paper
40-1/2” x 40-1/2”
SADAKO’S DIARY #1, 2010
Silkscreen and Monoprint on folded paper
40-1/2” x 40-1/2”
SADAKO'S DIARY #3, 2010
Silkscreen and Monoprint on folded paper
40-1/2" x 40-1/2"
RETURNING HOME #1, 2010
Collagraph and Monoprint on folded paper
26-1/4” x 39-1/2”
RETURNING HOME #2, 2010
Collagraph and Monoprint on folded paper
26-1/4” x 39-1/2”