Healing Imprint: This multi-media collage series embodies the history, suffering, and grief of our neighbors, while exploring cultural conflict in a new way. The scattered placement of random forms on the raw canvas portrays the disconnect. In life and in art, our personal narratives define us. But strangers’ stories also matter, because they are part of the collective whole. As part of this project’s interactive exploration, gallery visitors are invited to continue the artwork. By adding their story or expressing their ideas on the paintings with a pen or Sharpie, participants leave a healing imprint. The responsive work calls for empathic listening, with the intentional act to include the other.
