Welsh artist Sonja Ben­skin Mesher is cre­at­ing an install­ment of the inter­na­tional “A Book About Death” series. The link is for the Call for Sub­mis­sions page. Dead­line is March 16, 2010 for .jpgs of artist’s sub­mis­sions for this seg­ment of the Inter­na­tional Exhi­bi­tion. Obvi­ously this is an abbre­vi­ated post — much more shall be said regarded this project, Matthew Rose, Ms. Fer­rara, etc.….…

When I view art exhi­bi­tions of this level and mag­ni­tude, the corny cre­ative search for syn­onyms begins and there’s noth­ing like a cliché’, is there? All the inane descrip­tions of how one feels when hit by bril­liance come to the forefront.

The exhi­bi­tion by Matthew Rose and artist Angela Fer­rara cre­ated the video below. Com­pelling. Watch the whole thing. The words and music descrip­tion can be found here after the video CLICK HERE.

Ok, so I’m going to suck it up and send a few .jpg’s which will migrate into post­cards which must be mailed ASAP. How long does it take mail to travel from North Car­olina to Wales? Guess we’ll find out.

Death was my com­pan­ion through­out 2009. First my Uncle Jimmy, the last of the Bob Clan, then my sis­ter Ann, fol­lowed within a mere hand­ful of weeks by my Mom who was 93 and the joy of our lives. Every where I turned last year, death’s mem­o­ries clouded my view.

Now I pol­ish my ghost with care and silent pain. The dead watch me through­out the house in venues cre­ated by mem­o­ries rep­re­sented in two-​dimensions that turn to 3D when I turn my head quickly and catch the move­ment of the ever-​lingering spirit of the dead.

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