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LYN BELISLE

ENSO CIRCLE CO-FOUNDER

These two figures were the first in a series called Gatherers. I thought I was
ready to end the series, but am rapidly coming to realize that this is just

the beginning of an exploration of ways I can use all of my beloved media
– fiber, wax, clay and paper – to creature small figures which reflect life’s
passages. Nuances discovered in the process of building these figures – the
twist of a branch, the tilt of a head – can endlessly change the meaning and
perception. Endings can change to beginnings with just one new glance at a
familiar object, revealing at an unexpected open path.

Dreamed some rain so I could sleep.
Dreamed the wind left handed
so I could part its mane and enter the dance
that carries the living, the dead, and the unborn
in one momentum
through the trillion gates.

--From the poem My Clothes Lie Folded for the Journey by Li-Young Lee