I Asked the Leaf If It Was Afraid of Winter

Doshi

84 X 52 inches

2008

ARTIST STATEMENT

Today, like every other day, I wake up feeling empty and frightened. Don’t go to the door of the study and take down a book, instead, take down the harp. . . and let the beauty of what you love, be what you do. There are a thousand ways to bend and kiss the ground, there are a thousand ways to go home again.

—Rumi

MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES

Silk organza

Shibori, acid dye, discharge, appliqué