Collaborate

Artistic decisions are as much about what is absent as what is present, what surrounds the frame as much as what is in the frame.  By cutting the trees off starkly with the top of the frame, I invite the viewer’s imagination to collaborate on the artistic process of reconstructing the experience. I believe that by activating and exercising our imaginations we bring our whole selves more fully into artistic, spiritual, or everyday experiences. One of the oldest and most unique forests in Israel, the Hadera Forest was originally established by Jewish farmers in the late 1800s to drain the deadly swamps. Once a desolate and dangerous wasteland, this forest has now contributed to the ability for us to thrive and can be enjoyed for its beauty.