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About
the
Artist & SARAH TREANOR
the
Work My brother died unexpectedly over the summer at the age of
52. It felt like a crumbling of my foundation. Although we had a
beautiful celebration of life for him, I still found myself yearning
for a ceremony that honored the sadness I felt. In the months
after,
I found myself instinctively creating altars in my studio. I filled
old wooden crates with sentimental or symbolic objects…
arranging them with care and reverence. Initially, I was just
following my intuition, but I quickly realized it was helping me
heal. I began imagining what it would be like if healing boxes
existed. Vessels we could put parts of ourselves into that
needed mending… the pains, fears, angers and rejections of
life… we would gently close it all up in the box and leave it for
a time. When we’d return and open the box, those wounded
parts of ourselves would be returned back to us, healed. Just
imagine!
Over the fall, I spent beautiful hours arranging items delicately
into boxes - honoring my brother and my own sadness.
This particular box venerates my brother’s spirit; a scientist,
a teacher, and a curious soul… he was always dreaming,
questioning, and encouraging others to do the same.
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