Join us from 6-9 PM at BEACON KC this February for First Friday - featuring work by local artist Sydney Anne Smith. 708 E 18th Street KCMO 64108.
As humans we perceive an illusion of separateness. We are divided by a series of membranes – time, space, air, water, land, skin – but at the atomic level, we exist in constant entropy, eventually enfolding into one celestial body called Earth. All elements of our corporeal bodies, all possessions, and all societies will eventually be restructured. Even in our religious and spiritual texts, we share traces of ourselves through syncretic stories and symbolism, translated across time and space through spoken and written word. I am interested in the evolution of our collective consciousness, as demonstrated by the poems, gospels, hymns, and fables handed down throughout human history.
In Praise of the Sacred is an exploration of connectedness, inspired by my research on religious syncretism, folklore, and sacred poetry, along with my experience in communion with nature. In this preliminary meditation on the sacred, I have incorporated text and imagery from my research as well as intuitive material processes that correspond with observed patterns in organic structures found throughout nature and the body.