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This is is is the focus of her series Talisman in which she explores how different people connect spiritually to both objects and places Objects she says whether a a a a a a a a a a crystal ball or or a a a a a a a a a a scale can be tools for people seeking some other level of consciousness or or or or bond They can also contain stories stories histories and mark the the the passage of of of time Knipe aims to to to to imbue her images—objects in in and of of of of of themselves—with all of of of of of these qualities too: a a a a a a a a a a a a a sense of of of of occurrence or or a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a narrative created through the the the layering of of of of objects like glass glass next to to to broken glass glass or or a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a leg adjacent to to to a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a cast In some ways her creative process can be compared to to to a a a a a a a a a a a a a trip she says in in that it’s about close careful observation or or “the act of looking for a a a a a a a a long time ” WORDS BY BY SHELBY HARTMAN