December 2018 issue of the Visual Arts Barbados magazine

Juliana Inniss’ ANCESTRAL POT reminds us that we carry so much more than we know and this information is passed on through the generations. Eventually we all become ancestors.

Hebron Chism’s KINGDOM OF TUPAC tells us in a very impactful way, to be very mindful of what we do with our time here. How do we make the world a better place before we too pass? What will be our story when 2000 years from now the archaeologist digs through our remains?

Jason Hope’s ROOTS OF ALL shows the constant interaction between the seen and the unseen. We are constantly crossing boundaries between the material world and the spirit world.

Permanence not only deals with the human condition or the condition of matter, it also has to do with how we experience the world. Margaret Herbert’s HAIRY COCONUTS and CONCRETE – THE EARTH, invites us to examine both the organic and inorganic aspects of our environment. If we look to the trees they are constantly renewing themselves while the inorganic stagnates and fades.

Alison Chapman-Andrews’ COLD NIGHT COLLAGE captures the harmonious balance of the environment, and Kadiejra’s FEATHERS reminds us that we are in a constant motion, flux and travel.

Rosemary Pilgrim’s MORNING WHISPER touches on the fact that human kind, like the bird, is a migratory species.

The Chinese will add travel to human needs; so powerful a force it is. Kraig Yearwood’s THE WALL deals with this transience on a metaphysical level as man is in constant movement through space, place and time.

Ras Akyem-I’s RED STUDIO #1 looks at shelter, space and habitation. Seasons change, architecture changes.

Change is inevitable. However, in that change the human needs remain the same, food, clothing and shelter, the look and form it takes changes over time.

Walter Bailey’s TRIBUTE TO KAMAU examines how life supports life, to be respectful, mindful and economical with the resources of nature.