All That’s Left Behind | An event-based installation that follows this artist’s search for lost creativity and a deeper understanding of what it means to live life well. The art of living is no more challenged than with the passing of the living. Where does creativity exist when one is in deep loss. Where does it hide when one can’t find it? Immersion in and the observation of the intense beauty and power of the natural world provides a much-needed balm for the pain. The process of making provides the path amidst the questioning and the uncertainty. What to share? With whom? Why? Do I have a choice? This is personal. In the creation of these porcelain objects, there was no intentional expectation in the outcome, only a purposeful curiosity of the process. Choosing the material. Observing the feeling of the material in the hands when it was wet. The sound of the scraping of the dried clay off the table. The beauty of the hollow spaces revealed as a result of the firing. The sound of the finished porcelain piece. All resulting in a deep understanding that with the passing of the living what is left behind is still intensely beautiful.