Day 21 by Jina Wallwork
Day 21 by Jina Wallwork
Day 21
The past is a beast that constantly follows my steps. It is the devourer of time. I must travel forward knowing that I am hunted. I watch the past as it is consumed. It is never lost, although I cannot return to an earlier point in time. I cannot enter the belly of the beast. It stalks me, and yet it can’t attack. I’m within the moment, constantly traveling forward. In the future, my life will cease, the beast will take me, and this life will then belong to the past. That day is not today. Without taking a step, I am constantly moving through time. When I practice stillness, I notice the illusion that it contains. We are all travelers. This day is ours.
27 Days
27 Days is a series of transient sculptures each representing a single day. The sculptures are made from natural materials where stones are shaped into different patterns. My behavior shapes the nature of each day, how I move the stones shapes the sculpture that represents it. These temporary sculptures are also meditations upon a day. Over many days we can see patterns emerge and slowly life changes, but within a single day this pattern is elusive. We are making decisions and responding to life’s challenges but we do not know what we are creating. To meditate upon a single day is an act of consciously observing your life as it unfolds.
Artworks were then created from the photos of those transient sculptures. Those works represent viewing each day with hindsight. There are similarities, but the memory of the day is different to the experience within the moment.
Not all of the artwork from this day is on the website. Buy the book My Visions of the Universe and view the whole series and more.
