The Measure of All Things

53 x 33.5 in / 134.6 x 85.1 cm
archival inkjet print on crumbled matte paper with pins and nails

Looking up at the night sky, we search for answers.
Plotting and mapping the cosmos, we look for patterns and laws such as mathematics, natural forces, and divine interventions to provide structure and guidance.
We want answers.
But the cosmos has no obligation to respond.
Just when we have it measured out, the universe breaks its own laws – confounding us.

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I am drawn to this inherent unpredictability and complexity.
Our pursuit of the arts, sciences and life itself should mirror this inherent uncertainty.
Knowledge, beauty and happiness remain elusive beyond our grasp, continually challenging and expanding our definitions, and forcing us to question and exercise our imagination.
Perhaps this is the gift from the universe - to let us imagine possibilities rather than being governed by measurements and boundaries.
Ultimately, in the vastness of the universe, we are not measured by what we know, but what we can imagine.