Brave New World
2026
In this new series “Brave New World” I call upon my female ancestors for guidance using my original photography layered with vernacular photos and collage elements to evoke their stories of wisdom, courage and survival. This is the vein of gold that runs deep within our maternal line. By combining past with present we can envision a future collaged together with our own fumbling courage and scraps of residual love and guidance from those who came before.
When I feel fearful about current events, I think about my ancestors over the millennia who overcame great challenges—oppressive regimes, wars, invasions, religious persecution, pandemic, plague, famine, dangerous migrations and the tragic loss of loved ones and land to call home. Throughout it all, the ancestors kept going, generation after generation, holding on to a vision of better days, trusting they could make it to a better place so that their families and descendants could survive. You and I are here today because of their courage in the face of fear.
We live through them- their courage, perseverance and hope ensured our arrival- and they live on in us- their strengths in perilous times become our survival. We come from a long line of survivors. Do not for one moment underestimate them or yourself.
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