There is a Swahili proverb that says “Haraka haraka haina baraka” which means, hurry hurry is not a blessing, and another that goes, “Pole pole ndio mwendo” meaning slowly, slowly is the way to go.  Embracing these ideals, for this project I wandered off my hour-long daily commute, pondering the relativity of time and our constant connection to the “manmade,” our existence as cyborgs and slaves to time.  As an act of resistance, I ventured into the stunning landscapes typically ignored.  I stood still and felt the wind blow round me.  I left my watch at home and forgot about the time.  I allowed myself the opportunity to experience life without this social construct, and I remembered that our time is truly priceless.  These are the works created from the experience.  This project is intended to queer time; to remind us that time is a social construct designed to keep us working and productive in our neoliberal capitalist society.  Motion is juxtaposed with stillness, blur and chaos are juxtaposed with meditation.   I invite you to pause, and please join me in defying the demands of time, at least for a moment.

* An exhibition of this completed project will be on view August 19th, 2024 and will run through October 11th, 2024, The Fine Arts and Design Studios (FADS) Gallery, 12345 College Blvd., Overland Park, Kansas. 
* Free public art talk will be on Thursday, September 5th at 6pm in the Hudson Auditorium, upstairs in the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art.  There will be a reception in the FADS Gallery immediately following the art talk.