ARTIST STATEMENT

I think this work is an effort to reconcile my disappointment in the surface impression of the world with any shimmer of the transcendent or, at the very least, what appear as real, visceral feelings that have passed through me.

This disappointment might be the symptom of a personal failure to be present, but it makes sense to me on a biological level as well. Everything we can feel is memory. Experientially, the world as it is has changed by the time it is registered. Being is the pursuit of a ghost.

This pursuit, if left uninterrogated, leads the day to day to mostly appear as a smear of indistinct hues, ennui diffusing into the events around them, refining time into a uniform stripe of past. The now grinds along, smoothing everything into fine paste. The sky is gray and the sea is gray and floating here, I can’t tell where they meet.

So it seems important to find some way to swim. Something to grab onto. Creating has been the only thing that has felt like a lasting solution; an opportunity to build my own boat. Here there is space to reflect on the contents of my experience, here I can intuit that things could be better, so it is my responsibility to discover how. Maybe this place was left empty for a reason.

I’m still looking for clarification.

CONTACT:
TaylerEdwardsArt@gmail.com