Holding the Moon
- Jennifer Gillia Cutshall
- May 2, 2022
- 1 min read
It's all in the hands of the 9th Annual Abstract Sanctuary Artists
“Who says you cannot hold the moon in your hand?
Tonight when the stars come out and the moon rises in the velvet sky, look outside your window, then raise your hand and position your fingers around the disk of light.
There you go . . . That was easy!”
Vera Nazarian
“We wish with our hands, that's what we do as artists.” Jandy Nelson
"In order for something to be handed over a hand must extend and a hand must receive. We must both be here in this world in this life in this place indicating the presence of.”
Claudia Rankine
Artist Hsin-Yi Huang
“Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.”
Carl Jung
“The hand is the visible part of the brain.”
Immanuel Kant
“The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.”
Leonardo da Vinci
"It is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it."
Nelson Mandela
Applause! A hand for these hands!
Behind the masterpieces from this 9th Annual Abstract Sanctuary is an ocean of labor and thought. The hands are the conduit for untold stories and they are the orchestra of the light!
Applause, applause! Encore...oh, these hands...
Rings (2 above) by Verum artist, Jill Herlands