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ARTIST STATEMENT

Ann Bonestell

Over the past several years, life has presented me with a number of "invitations"
to stop, slow down, pay attention, go deeper. Each time, I have listened and

moved in new directions, changing my life in that way and yes, going deeper.

This little book is a mindful meditation. An invitation in itself. An experiment in
discovery. An exploration into the impermanence of things. It is deliberately

unfinished. Thus, it invites the creator to continue the exploration from time to
time. It serves as a container for the thoughts and emotions that present
themselves during the work. And finally, it becomes a reminder that we can

indeed exist in the moment, continuing to proceed without a planned pathway
and trusting that the next step will present itself when we get there.

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