The Procedural Series

The Procedural Series began roughly five years ago with Grasping Stillness…a carved hand at the end of a chain. The chain-hand on a chaotic background is a reminder of what we might “do” to aid in being more still, aware maybe, in the buzzing, blooming confusion William James talked about. Experiencing sculpture is tactile, visceral, literal, and posture related (as to the body). Gravity is always present and the chain-hand when felt into (embodied) recognizes this as simply the way it is – to pull a reference from Taoism. It expresses be still as in Buddhism. It expresses allow everything to be as it is – as Adyashanti would say it. And it expresses what Nisargadatta means by “the world is made of rings, make your hooks straight.”