2019 Collection: Crossing the River

 
Cross the river by feeling the stones.
— Deng Xiaoping
 
 

I waded into the water… feeling with my hands and feet to get ahold of the stones along its bed to move me onward.

A couple of weeks before our 2019 Exhibition, I was in Ubud, Bali for a day trip. I noticed a small bag of trash that someone had unceremoniously discarded in a river, and decided to retrieve it. I waded into the water and slowly fought the currents, feeling with my hands and feet to get ahold of the stones along its bed to move me onward. Just an hour later, my partner sent me the opening line of this text. Was it pure coincidence, or the universe sending me a sign?