Behind the lacrimarium
Photography, poetry, sculpture, installation, video, and dance about the art and science of crying. Since 2020
What if when we feel sad and need to cry, what if we just did it, no matter where or when we were? With no shame?
What if we never had to cry alone? What if there was a place you could go when you are feeling your most disconsolate?
What if we were taught how to cry the same way we are taught to sing, laugh, and breathe deeply and meditatively?
Messages to the Subconscious
With poem excerpts by Marc Ngui
from instagram
Angel Eyes 1
31 x 31 inches (79 x 79cm)
Metallic coated linen, inkjet heat transfer decals, vintage costume jewellery, white jade, natural pink color pearls, black onyx, linen and heat fusible glue backing, upcycled foamcore, upcycled oak frame, staples, nails, wire, and thread
2023
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#overcoming
#perseverance
#consciousness
#mindfulness
#thriving
#passthepopcorn
#herecomethetears
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Jun 17
Dark Blue Iris Pendulum, 2023
Embroidery thread, vintage lucite and bakelite beads, gunmetal plated bronze chain on silk backed with linen on a wood frame.
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May 29
Can any experience be used for growth?
Does consciousness even tell the difference between laughing and crying so long as we are breathing?
What can an abundance of any one experience be used for?
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Apr 29
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#perception
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Apr 29
If you could cry a river of tears, where would that river take you?
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#crymeariver
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#sociallabor
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#goal
#devotionalart
#acrylicgouache
#painting
#art
#waves
#tears
#contemporaryart
#consciousnesss
#attitude
#supplementsthatwork
#perception
#perseverance
Apr 29
Abundance is abundance. Even the abundance of tears can be used for something.
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#devotionalart
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#contemporaryart
#consciousness
#attitude
#supplementsthatwork
#legsoftears
Apr 29
Almost finished! The first Crying Eye is almost completed, one of a pair of matching blue irises that will be
finished with vintage beads for tears.
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#precise
#purplesilk
#blue
#round
#kaleidoscope
#handembroidery
#meditative
#meditsativeart
#devotion
#devotionalart
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