Healing and Art: these hand held bronze sculptures are studies in compassion.

​Implements of the interior
These implements are the tools and weapons of the interior. By falling in love with them- feeling tenderness and compassion even there- you can let go of holding them against yourself.  I offer these bronze objects as a totem of loving kindness to that part of yourself that needs it most.
Hold the implement that calls to you as you meditate and feel the power of deep compassion.
The bronze material offers both heft and presence and also an intimate relationship. As you hold it, it will take on your body temperature, and over time the patina will change in response to your hands. Welcome this change as it is part of what makes it your own.
Val Gilman

A few pieces in this series are available at Salmon Falls Gallery in Shelburne Falls