Beautiful Trap
December 2002
12"h x 6"w
Construction:  Commercial cotton and hand-dye scraps, black lace curtain, glass beads, rayon threads, tuelle net.
Statement:  On my personal journey through chronic illness and the accompanying pain, I've found that I create traps for myself that suck away my remaining energy and leave me too fatigued to get out of them.  Usually these traps are self-created and have a beautiful outer appearance but within are the means of my eventual destruction.  The idea of pretending to still have a "normal" life is the worst of these, I'm no longer able to function as I always have, and these beautiful traps help me live that lie just a little bit longer.  Making beautiful art is one of the ways I escape the pain for just a little while.  When I can get into the zone and go away for a while everything seems like it should.