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Jill Watts
Swinging Door
cone 10 ceramics, glaze, stain, wood, fiber, paper, epoxy, wood glue, Elmer’s Glue, wire, hinges, nails
12″ x 11″ x 8″
2024
This piece is based on Suzuki’s words in “Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind”. When we inhale, the air comes into the inner world. When we exhale, the air goes out to the outer world. The inner world is limitless and the outer world is also limitless….Actually there is just one whole world. Our throat is like a swinging door….What we call “I” is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale.
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Jill Watts
Woke Up On The Wrong Side Of The Grass
cone 10 ceramics, stains, glazes, monofilament, fiber hat, glass head for base, photo images by anne mcnevin of artist in graveyard
H 10″ X D 12″ X W 10″
2022
A wise woman says repeatedly that, “It’s a good day if you wake up on the right side of the grass.” We know that one day, we will wake up on the wrong side of the grass. In some traditions, it is said that the dead do not realize they are deceased and wonder why they are not being included in their old life so food is set out for them and Lamas remind them that they have died and need to let go of their previous life, thus the artist wearing a portion of “ground” in the graveyard.
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Jill Watts
Raccoons
Inspired by: Paul Quain, Loading Cattle, Aran
collage, photographs, paper, ink, crayon, Yes paste on Ampersand board
14″ X 11″
2023
Loading Cattle, Aran, became something of a negative inspiration for my submission to this show. I realized I wanted to celebrate animals having a feast instead of being a feast. As a feeder of feral cats, I often end up hosting other animals who come to feast on cat food. A family of Raccoons discovered my porch and the cat door thus, at times, have gotten more than the cats.