

Mixed media on found wood with found objects from Texas, New York City, and Italy.
approximately 30" w x 11" h x 2" d
“Sasso, Carta, Forbici (Rock, Paper, Scissors)”
addresses the Scientific Law of Conservation, that matter can neither
be created nor destroyed, and also gives a nod to the spiritual idea of
reincarnation and rebirth through that same principle. The classic game
where one opponent can always best the next is repeated in nature and in
human history: the roots of trees from which paper is derived can crack the
mightiest mountains. Human hands forge swords of metal and rock mined from those
mountains, and swords have shredded declarations of political or
religious liberty throughout the ages. Like the tiny seeds from which the trees
sprout, the seeds of political, philosophical and religious ideals carry on and
so do we. I prefer using found objects in my work to bring together the ideas
they suggest to me, a sort of visual poem. Like a poem, it will mean
something different to each viewer and I offer it thus for your own
interpretation.