Rose H.

I created three art pieces that highlight my process and identity. The first work created was “Reflection Book”, the collage book with blackout poetry. I flipped through magazines and cut out images I was most drawn to as a process of self-trust. Honoring the human spirit and the resilience inherent in human nature and in the natural world emerged from the poetry. Opposition to the systems that harm nature and the human spirit are also woven into the poetry. I designed “Hypnotic Songs”, the poetic digital artwork, to explore flexibility, curiosity, and multiple perspectives through an iterative process of reordering many of the lines of the poem. “Breathing Space”, the large mixed media art piece was created to hold my own response-art evolution. I started with a watery, ink layer. I then used brushes of varying sizes to create layered lines and shapes. Many of the thin brush strokes were delicate and gentle. These gently created lines reference self-kindness and compassion. I considered the uncontrolled, watery ink used in the beginning to be my own messy, human process in contrast to the controlled pencil lines that represent a perception of the whole.