Category: exhibition

Untitled (Thrives in full sun)

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I grew up here. This is a formative place, where I learned how to be, to imagine, and even how to cut a figure. I am grateful for all I was given, especially the encouragement to embrace the possible. I was placed in ideal conditions, in a bright and favorable position, that I shared with my siblings.

I blossomed. I became who I am, grounded and raised in a tended cultural plot. I was afforded a southeasterly view, of the world!? We could not help it–we have lived in other places, have known other conditions, have learned to participate in the ecosystem that we are in, and always remembered what dreams are for.

Here still works for me. It is a place of imaginings and comfort. It cultivates warm memories, and unfurled reflections. I prefer to thrive in full sun.

Related:

Balla Et Ses Balladins ?– Objectif Perfection, Editions Syliphone Conakry, 1980.

Paulette, la confiance est un habit difficile à porter.

LP back cover.

AG2020_1880469 or Thrives in the Sun

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Untitled (Thrives in the Sun), 2000. A print available through the Sunny Project, Sun Pours Daylong, an exhibition and online print sale of Florida photography by Florida photographers.

Sun Pours Daylong runs from July 24 through August 30, 2020, and is on view in the Miami Design District; was organized by Gesi Schilling, Rose Marie Cromwell, and Adler Guerrier.

The clear burning light of the sun pours daylong into the saw grass and is lost there, soaked up, never given back. Only the water flashes and glints. The grass yields nothing.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, The Everglades : River of Grass