Passages explores multiple ways in which one can experience the process of transition. This process can refer to a shift in one’s internal thoughts, a change in relationship to another, or even a meaningful life transition. Instead of looking back at an event or moment that has already occurred or anticipating change to come, Passages focuses specifically on the liminal, sustained experience of being in flux. 

These papercut works are imbued with continuous movement, asking the viewer to recall exactly where they started observing and where their eyes rested last. Has the scalpel blade used in creating this work fully transformed paper to image, or do the imperfections and uneven lines in the cut paper make it a perpetual work in progress? By studying the work and looking closer, what does it feel like to stand in the experience of a transition itself – expanding that experience into becoming the focal point, instead of the polished but misleading idea of completion?

Day, night, and physical markers of time, such as shadows, serve as reminders that the passage of time is constant. These transitions are not fixed, but gradual and continuous. The pieces echo these relationships, flowing into each other, passing shared aspects between them, but never remaining the same.

Periods of transition can feel slow and drawn out, but a passage also carries the meaning of a brief excerpt.  What if any single transition is just a part of a larger continuity in time? Can I surrender to this change, trusting that it is one with the larger continual transition which weaves together one’s lifetime?