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I am doing a duo exhibition with my former teacher Kit Watson next year. She has been struggling with dementia, and our show will focus on that subject. This piece was inspired by the following conversation I had with her last October.
Tenyoh: Some choose death over becoming undignified burdens. I am one of them. On the other hand, suicide does not seem to have come across your mind. Where do you get the strength to keep on going despite what may lay ahead of you? Kit: I won’t kill myself. It will be awful for my children. Chances are I will go to nursing home when I can no longer live alone, but even there I will find someone to enjoy spending time with and something I can look forward to working on every day. It may not be art any more, but I will find something. Kit will maintain her smile even if everything else may fall apart. Her strength gave me courage.
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Ann Stanton
1/17/2021 01:53:50 pm
Since you started sculpting full figures, your work has really taken off. You know how to capture someone's spirit. I recognize that expression all too well, trying to remain cheerful and normal as the world spins around you and you don't fit into it anymore. What a lovely tribute to someone you truly understand and care about.
Yoko
1/17/2021 04:18:03 pm
"The world spins around you and you don't fit into it anymore." Kit said the same thing. I am going to express that in a sculpture, too. Thanks Ann for the comment. Leave a Reply. |
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