PS119- Desert, 2022

I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.
I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
Praise be to you, Lord; teach me your decrees.
With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth.
I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.
I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.
I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.

Quiet Moments
Medium format Film
printed on Bible page
12x15” Frame
5x7.25” Print

Our spiritual lives consist of conversations that oftentimes contain more silence than dialogue. They are full of quiet moments that deepen our faith and strengthen our spiritual connection to the world around us. They are the “behind the scenes” that shape our existence.

The material in which these images are presented (ripped-out pages of the Bible) represent the expected and traditional ways in which we have learned to experience spirituality in the context of religion. The images represent the moments of silence and solitude in which we don't necessarily expect to have a moment of revelation or encounter with something greater than ourselves, yet we are met there. While they are sometimes one and the same, these moments are not always shared simultaneously.

These images juxtapose the expected (and unexpected) ways in which I have encountered God in these quiet, still moments.