The Pillow Book
We use pillows in prayer, when kneeling in submissive contemplation, and we use them to elevate devotional objects. They support our bodies in pain, after surgery, when we are at our weakest and most vulnerable. We snuggle with them for comfort, and they contain the dream projections we experience while in deep sleep, when our bodies recharge each night, allowing us to revisit memories, solve problems, and confront fears from the safety of the imagination.
The Pillow Book, 2022, acrylic on relief objects, paper, video projection, 72 × 120 in
These pillows are themselves bodies, containing paintings of the body in action, with impressions of the body at rest. They toggle between public and personal, and what is visible and what remains hidden.
