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Rising
Jacob Cartwright 2018
wood, steel
42 x 77 x 45 in
107 x 195 x 114 cm
A Boat over Reeds. It comes to me as flashes of memories, feelings and images. There were those times when as a family we camped alongside lakes in the dry crackly landscape of Victoria. Gliding through precious water, I would love the way the land met it and became wet and cool. The reeds scraping on the side of the canoe as we passed through them were sounds of tranquil and delicate movement. Then, here in Europe, I have loved this universal entity, this water that is the same but so different, and have felt again this old, ancient sensation, a deep feeling of well being - enchanted by a world below.
Sometimes I feel we are like a canoe floating on the surface of our soul, looking to glimpse wondrous moments and entities in its depths.
