Visible Light

“A few times in my life I’ve had moments of absolute clarity. When for a few brief seconds the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than think, and things seem so sharp and the world seems so fresh. It’s as though it had all just come into existence. I can never make these moments last. I cling to them, but like everything, they fade. I have lived my life on these moments. They pull me back to the present, and I realize that everything is exactly the way it was meant to be.” – Christopher Isherwood The Visible Light series is comprised of images created by natural light projected through purified water. Each image represents just a few millimeters of light, substantially enlarged. The works are not color enhanced or manipulated. Several years ago, during a period of deep depression, I was in a Buddhist monastery in Northern Thailand, where I abstained from reading, writing, or doing anything other than practice to be present. After 30 days of silence, I began to have fantastic dreams, and dreamt of an entirely new spectrum, filled with different colors than I had ever experienced. When I awoke, I began using my eyes in a new way, to experience sight more fully, and could see a profusion of color in everything around me. I felt like a child exploring new content. Since that time I have been influenced by this experience. I was finally inspired to create these works after visiting convalescent homes. Moved by the loneliness and sadness in these places, I remembered those times in my life when I did not want to be alive. As a result, I felt inspired to create something bright, serene, and connected to nature. These works capture what I found. Fawn Rogers