Artist: Ashley McNamara

Integration Part 1, 2005
Ink, Watercolor, and Pastel on Paper
15" x 18"
https://site.icarusprojectarchive.org/ashley/paper_integration1.html

I made this piece of art after the first round of catastrophes and before the bottom fell out. The memory of grace flickered at the edge of the horizon and the demons came out to be named. In an unknown town on the cold side of the country, closer to my history and 3000 miles from home. While living out of a truck and squatting in someone's living room. With a dismantled life in my pockets and a queasy sense of possibility in my heart. In the span of time when it was clear that everything was undergoing transformation. My fiery old heart was erupting back into my loosening self; I could no longer defer the chaos of discovering which pieces stick when we are committed to becoming whole.