The Design of a House

Love foresees a jointure

Composing a house, a marriage

Of contraries, compendium

Of opposites in equilibrium.

This morning the sun

Came up before the moon set;

Shadows were stripped from the house

Like burnt rags, the sky turning

Blue behind the clear moon,

Day and night moving to day. 



—Wendell Berry

From The Design of a House, 1998

I hope these images serve as a reminder—for myself and others—that love exists in grief, and light in darkness. I would also like to acknowledge the ongoing, incomplete nature of this work. Building emotional safety is never finished, rooms collapse, and foundations require constant maintenance. At the same time, I have returned home, in delicacy and imperfection.

Installation photo from MFA candidacy exhibition, April 2024

Studio installation, September 2024