ALLY LIFF

What was it like to be the first artist to start your piece? and then to let it move on to the next artist? 

“I didn’t think being the first artist was going to be challenging until I had that giant white canvas staring back at me. Then the fear set in. I had a zoom call with my wonderful group mates and it made me feel more confident about the process and what I would do. We discussed what unity meant to us personally and the kinds of mediums we enjoy using. My group was encouraging and told me to just go with it. It took me a while to put a brush on the canvas but once I did, it was a great experience. I worked on my piece for three days and I truly felt engaged and in flow, something as an artist I haven’t felt in a while. Once I was done with my part of the piece I then wondered if I had done too much to pass it on to two other talented artists. I kept reminding myself to go with the process and not overthink.”

How was Unity experienced in your process?

I felt UNITY was experienced in my process in the sense of nature and life. You hear and read the word unity and in your mind and on paper you understand its meaning but when you really think about it, it’s hard to describe. It’s even harder to imagine what it would look like in an art piece done with three artists working blindly with each other. When I first heard of the term unity for this project I instantly thought of how humans interact with and depend on nature. How life cycles in nature play simultaneously with the human world and how vastly different they are. It made me think of the lack of unity we have with our environmental problems in the world today. And how much unity this earth needs to continue to be whole.