Ann Hamilton and Spirituality: Unit 4

I think it is best to start this blog post by saying that my mother is a seamstress. As such, I learned how to sew at a very young age, and sewing is one of those things that have grown with me. When you are in a room sewing something on a machine, or by hand everything else disappears. You begin to simply focus on making the right lines, the right curves, and the right neckline. Because of this experience, I think that it is very easy for me to understand Ann and her art work. In her art she attempts to create that same sense of quietness, and connection that you feel when you are sewing. When you are sewing, thread becomes like an instrument, or pen as that you control and it must be executed with meticulous thought. I feel that she exemplifies that in 2 pieces in particular.  In one of her pieces she makes thread out of sentences in a poem and slowly twists and turns them into a ball. I would love to get a hold of that ball and read the poem as I unraveled it in my hands, like a thread. I also enjoy the piece where she created indentations in the wall, and then had a powder fall from the ceiling and accentuate the room. It is so well thought out, and beautiful.