"Wired To Hear Your Voice"
40 3/4" h x 64" w
august 2002
acrylic and
oyster shell on board
This design is based on neural activity and the consciousness
that converts the
human creature
into a thinking reed. It is truly a milestone
that we can make sense
out of our
surroundings, according to analytical
physicist John C.
Polkinghorne. We have
been given the right kind of
intelligence to
perceive the laws of physics,
mathematical constants,
and the information
code deep within the natural order.
Philosopher Patricia Churchland observes that neuroscience
has not satisfied our curiousity.
The more facts we gather, the greater
our discontent. The wiring fails to explain
how the brain does what it does.
The Voice-that-activates-all-information has made the adjustments
necessary for
such " thinking reeds" to intercept and
respond
to his transmissions. Thinking reeds continue to be found by the
Portal.
It is
he who initiates the uplink and through his interface
thinking reeds
enjoy his
embrace. As I love him, this is what that neural
embrace looks like to me.
I employ a number of materials to emphasize the particles
that
make up the picture surface. In
this work,
glue allows acrylic pigments
to spread out. Rivulets of one
color sets on top
of another while the glue dries.
Crushed oyster shell makes a
crusty impasto and
keeps the work lightweight.
As in any work there is the
process of addition
and subtraction. Materials must dry.
Evaluations are made. More is
added or portions are
removed and reworked.
