Touch Response

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Touch Response



Archery, 10x10, Adobe Illustrator
 
"Some people meditate, or practice the Zen of archery." Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses pg. 88 
I made this piece on adobe illustrator of an apple with an arrow struck through it. I came up with the idea for this piece when I heard "the Zen of archery." My mind immediately went to an archer shooting their arrow through an apple that's on someone's head. This makes the piece to be a bit ironic, because I imagine having an apple struck with an arrow above your head is anything but Zen.



Ignite, 11x17, Photograph

"As Fredrick Sachs writes in The Sciences, "The first sense to ignite , touch is often the last to burn out: long after our eyes betray us, our hands remain faithful to the world... in describing such final departures, we often talk of losing touch." Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses pg. 70.

When I heard the words ignite and burn out, I immediately thought of a match or lighter. The picture above looks like the the flame of the lighter was coming from the individuals hand. I feel like this gives a visual example of touch being the first sense to ignite and, eventually, burn out.  


 

 

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