Lately I am enamored with cyclones – glass cyclones, that is.
The cyclone with the green leaves is the first I made. My idea was to create a cyclone, a natural phenomenon, yet depict it in a botanical context. What would a cyclone look like if it were corporeal, if it manifested in a botanical form rather than a wind form? And would a cyclone have the same meaning if it was botanical?
I think not. It would unfold slowly so there would be no sudden danger and destruction. A botanical cyclone would represent growth and life. I took this notion a step further with my second cyclone, by adding a few buds.
These cyclones feel very personal for me. They feel autobiographical. My life has been one of reaching – reaching to be a better person, pushing into the next challenges, stretching and growing myself toward the next horizon of learning and knowledge, striving for my next goals.
My cyclones have come to represent the possibility and capacity for growth we humans are gifted, the inate life force that compels us to keep reaching.