Fizz
I never thought I'd take my art seriously. Sometimes I hope I never do. Fizz has been and continues to be my playground, an experiment of texture, layering, movements, and broader look at the particles that make up a whole.
Welcome to Fizz
Someday I hope you'll get to read Playground by Richard Powers. In this novel, he told me about an octopus, playing with a glass bottle in the middle of the ocean. Later, a mother walks along the beach with her child who finds a similar glass bottle, and picks it up to throw away. The mother, an ocean biologist, tells her child to leave it where it is. While yes, the bottle never grew there, it is now an important part of the ecosystem. It hosts the life of barnacles and the joy of the octopus that plays.
We can't control many things about the world we're given, but we can always control our perspective. May you sit with complexity, make the most of what's in front of you, and most importantly, never forget how to play.
I made Everyone's Playground for a 2 year old. I was a nanny in my post grad interim, taking community print classes before I moved on to a big girl desk. When I said goodbye to Gema, I wrote her a card and I gave her this print.
Sizzle.
Pop.
Fizz.
A fleeting moment.
A flurry of fragile air.
The invisible takes form in its surrounding solids.
Light becomes a playmate.
Layers become a friend.