I recall, then relocate in journal notes a comment from an experiencer.
“I am still very much under the spell of your work, after experiencing it and meeting you this afternoon. I am so happy that you will be showing the pieces…at our home…I must say I was deeply inspired by two desires when I asked you to do so. One, perhaps selfishly, I instantly wanted to experience the work in my own space. I didn’t want to say goodbye to it. Secondly, I am overwhelmed with the desire to watch other people experience the work. Will they be as deeply affected as I? (I saw today as I revisited the pieces, that yes they will.) How will it affect them? Which ones will they touch and caress? I cannot describe the powerful effect that your sculpture and accompanying writing has had on me, only that it has.” S.B.
I am inspired by this response. This expression adds reinforcement to my feeling that there is some kind of enduring expression being sensed by persons other than myself.
I am eager to be exploring this possibility with more sculpting. Another note of a gallery experience, indicative of the powerful sensed effect of the sculpture group.
“I don’t know why, I just got the shivers when I came into the room with these pieces.” D.V.