To be in the Carla Massoni Gallery is often to feel a sense of sanctuary. I can breathe, find myself suddenly exhaling. A door opens to being present, fully absorbed.
The places that draw me to them with camera in hand are a similar experience. The sanctuary of a well known shore, a field, a garden, a path to the sea, a greenhouse, a wood, a marsh – I can breathe in these places. I find myself exhaling, fully present, absorbed.
I venture close in order to photograph what I feel – spirit by way of form and light. Sometime this happens after I (or others) have brought a small piece of such a place home. Focusing on these forms and experiencing them physically and sensually can open a door for me into something else that is unseen. When that happens these bits of shell and stone, glass, rock, leaf, reed, and blossom become my lifeline to spirit, and so, in turn, the world becomes my lifeline to you.
Celia Pearson
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Energy
IRIS inkjet print
30 inches x 30 inches |
