What memories shape where and how you see #beauty? ???? Mardi Gras was this week and it’s got me thinking about the science behind this idea.
Our #brain is a predictive organ that constantly compares new sensory input to past experiences. Memories of personal experiences shape how we emotionally and physically respond to art.
In Appalachia, where I’m from, quilt making is more than craft—it’s a way of encoding time, stitching together history, #resilience, and #creativity.
After over a decade in New Orleans, experiencing countless Mardi Gras parades, I see a similar impulse in the Big Easy’s parades. For me, both traditions—quilts and parades—turn collective memory into something physical, shared, and alive.
As a #neurodiverse, transdisciplinary #artist, I’ve got more than a quarter century of artmaking under my belt working at the intersection of #art, #science, and #business. My practice isn’t just about making objects—it’s about transforming ideas, systems, and perceptions into #quantum #storytelling. Using found materials, poetry, and experimental quiltmaking, I explore how #beauty emerges from #memory, #myth, and lived experience.
These two pieces of mine (circa 2010) reflect that synthesis: #folktradition meets #fineart, #neuroscience meets #ritual, and transformation unfolds in real time as the viewer interacts with these 12ft tall works — giving roughly the scale of standing on the street next to a #MardiGras float waiting to catch beads from a rider.
Laissez le bon temps rouler???????
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