Since Seeing You
Since Seeing You is an observation of the lingering experience of the final week of my mother’s life. She rarely let me photograph her, except in those last days when she changed her mind and without any hesitation, gave her permission and blessing. During that time there was a quality of acceptance and ease within and around her. After she passed the nurses seemed in a rush to cover her body and take her away. I wondered why. It seemed so natural that I would want to stay with her for a while. Since the loss of my mother, I have taken a lot of photographs in nature; comforted by its aliveness, decay and wild beauty. I feel her spirit there; in the tilting trees or in a light rain. At times, the memories of her gently fade out and blur. I have tried to place objects on a table in search of arrangements that could express this transition from her physical presence into a memory and a different kind of being. I had never anticipated to still be so closely in conversation with my mother. This body of work is a contemplation on missing those we love and how they still exist within our lives.