A couple days ago I sat in at one of the open nights at the Boston Shambala Center, and almost forgot to reflect about the wonderful lesson I had learned about the magic of the ordinary. Just after meditation, the instructor shared a story with us about appreciating the small wonders in our daily lives that we so easily surpass. He had bought up a point about being in the moment and getting lost within these details which allow us to accept the minutest spectacles of life and that ultimately bring about genuine meaning to our lives. I often have curious moments like this, moments where I get lost on details of small leaves laying on the ground to the wonderful cloud creations in the sky. After all, what are we without these small moments?
The universe beyond our projected world is truly and utterly alive.
On that note, meet Janice Wu, who truly appreciates the smallest material things in life. Her work explores how meaning, value, and associations are placed upon things in the material realm. She is interested in how seemingly worthless objects have the potential for whimsy and how the ‘inanimate’ mundane can reveal poetic and narrative possibilities. Working meticulously in pencil and watercolor, her drawings reveal the intricate, tender nature of the medium and reflect the notion of devoting time and contemplation in to the easily overlooked. Through this process of investigating the quotidian, she trains her looking practice towards observing the subtleties in her own lived experiences.
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