The gift the artist offers to share with us is the mindful and
prayerful act of seeing, for, in order to make material from their
thought and ideas, they have to spend time noticing, looking
intently and making careful observation of the minutiae of things;
the negative spaces between objects, the expression and emotion
of faces, the effect of light and shadow, shades of colour,
the variety of texture, shape and form. This act of seeing slows us
down and invites us to pay attention to the moment, to be still,
not to rush and only take a quick glance but instead to come
into relationship with the world around it. This is a form of prayer
where we become detached from our own limited perspective and
make way for a wider[,] more compassionate understanding
of ourselves, others and the world we inhabit.
~ Lesley Sutton
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Quoted from Lesley Sutton, Be Still Project Booklet, PassionArt, in Jonathan Evens, "Seeing is Receiving: The art of contemplation (1)", December 24, 2020
Lesley Sutton, Director, PassionArt; Curator; Fibre Artist
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