Open Water
$800.00
Graphite on acrylic ground on wood
22 1/4 x 52 1/2 inches overall
Photograph by Bradford Raines
1. Freedom and terror: a body in the open ocean. 2. Entropy and order: cyclical water without boundary. 3. Softness and hardness: open water swimmers smearing protectants on their skin so the water doesn't chafe; water shaping stone. 4. Singularity and repetition: another wave, another wave, shaped in the wind and moon. 5. Intimacy and ubiquity: in a billion reflections of light there is still each singular ray, it's own identifiable piece. 6. Breathe through these seeming contradictions; they are one.