The artist as scientist

I see my work as following in the Renaissance tradition of Leonardo da Vinci and his great anatomy drawings, making an artistic investigation into the nature of human experience.  Acting as scientist of my own perceptions has helped me to observe my own experiences with detachment –  the same kind of detachment medical people use to help them cope with the suffering of their patients.  The intense sensory awareness of the body that pain brings, for example, becomes my entry point into a heightened awareness of other inner body states.  

In anatomical terms, this is the realm of proprioception and the kinesthetic sense: the network of nerves in our muscles and joints, the inner body signals and sensors through which the body stays aware of itself, moment by moment – maintaining balance, orchestrating movement, relating to space, time, gravity and all that is other than the self.

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