Breath

“Vacuum sealed vitality” 

A metallic object that looks like a fruit, possibly an apple, submerged in a liquid with numerous tiny bubbles.

In With The Old

A green apple submerged in carbonated water with bubbles surrounding it.

Out With The New

Breath reimagines the apple, a symbol of wisdom and vitality, now suspended, filtered, preserved, and losing its essence. What used to nourish, now becomes processed. The work explores how science refines the body, prolongs life, and standardizes wellness, while something elemental slips away.

What do I experience as real, or manufactured?

  • In Breath, we witness a quiet tension suspended in a substance of stillness. The forms, root-like and organic, float inside a liquid that both protects and encases. The surrounding air bubbles resemble cellular breath, yet the atmosphere feels artificially preserved. What once symbolized life, the natural, the unprocessed, is now sealed in a state of arrested vitality.

    In With The Old presents a warm-toned, heart-like object tinged with white, almost as if beginning to calcify. It speaks of inherited memory, lineage, and the beauty of what once sustained us. In contrast, Out With The New feels colder, more sterile. The soft green orb is engulfed by an unnatural glow, evoking the commodification of purity, manufactured and filtered to a fault.

    Together, the works speak to the tension between nourishment and control. We filter out the wildness of breath, replacing it with something cleaner, but also emptier. What happens when we no longer trust the very thing that gives us life?

  • In the Garden, the serpent whispered, “You will be like God.” And with that, humanity exchanged something that was originally made for good into something damaging. The fruit that once was a symbol of communion, has now become a vessel for pride, preservation, and self-made truth.

    In Breath, we see that exchange. What once nourished is now filtered, measured, and sealed. We’ve taken the life, breath and wisdom that God gave freely and tried to improve it. But in doing so, what we often do is distort it.

    “When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it.” Genesis 3:6

    Reflection Question:
    Are there places in your life where you’ve exchanged God’s truth for something that only looks or feels good? What steps can you take to release that today?

  • Workshops: Creative sessions on nourishment, control, and survival.

    Therapeutic/Educational: Training on purity, preservation, and trust in the body; relevant for addressing anxiety, control struggles, and loss of vitality.

    Community Dialogue: Conversations on commodification of health, safety, and freedom.

    Youth Engagement: Projects on balance between autonomy, care, and dependence.

    Wellness Spaces: Reflection prompts on containment, breath, and renewal.