“The World Will Still Absorb You” asks us to look closely at human touch.
Each drawing includes at least one element from the natural world that’s been manipulated into something manufactured for public ease, utility, pleasure, or consumption. In developing this collection, I found myself wondering at what point does creation become destruction? At what point does care become neglect? Where exactly is the threshold designating what’s necessary for our survival and what isn’t? Is it different for everyone?
“The World Will Still Absorb You” is less of a threat and more of a hope. Regardless of what we build, where we are, what we do in our lifetimes, there is always the possibility to begin – again and again.
