Accept Your Nature

A project completed in residence with Nat Art in Suances, Spain in 2026. My residency started with visits to Altamira, El Castillo, Cavalanas, and El Pendo caves where some of the earliest paintings were made 30,000 years ago. I was struck by the detail and the consideration of the stone walls; it's surface, shape and form all utilized to convey body, muscle, and movement in the animals depicted, as well as landscape- where the animals stood in space. Standing in the cave, it felt in some ways as if no time had passed. 

Everyday I walked to a hill above the beach. It's covered in green, the grass swooping in different directions. The impressions in the grass made it look like someone had just been lying there. It made me think about how transient and ephemeral our time is here. I often have the feeling that our everyday lives in today's society eclipse our inner voice and ties to nature. Our earliest ancestors lived in harmony with the land, took only what they needed and used what was around them to fulfill that mysterious, innate need to create. Surrounded by mountains and the sea in Suances, I inhaled the richness of the soil in the air, dug my hands into the chalk filled paths leading to the coast, and heard the call of the red kite raptors above. It felt as if my senses were synergizing with nature and I was truly at peace with myself. I realized that all the beauty I recognized around me also exists within. We are a reflection of our environment, and vice versa. If we are able to slow down and breathe for long enough we can recognize all the gifts surrounding us and begin to hear ourselves again. 

The Stones

Ancient, and waiting

For you to listen

And see

All the gifts surrounding us

And all the gifts within us

If we slow down long enough

I might hear you calling

From inside the cave

Myself, among generations

Past, present and future

Accept your nature

We stand for a brief cosmic moment

We are all forever-dreams streaking the skies of the cosmos