More thoughts about Limited Access

​​There is a deep need I have in this time for quiet, for reflection and peace, but not as an escape. It is more a way to let in what is happening in the world and be with it.

This moment we are living in feels like an altered time. We have been separated from each other. A kind of silence and isolation.

This is where if began for me- the sense of not being able to connect to people and ways of moving in the world that I am familiar with.

But there is so much more that emerges as I sit with that silence and listen to how the fears around covid and the pain around racial injustice and the amplification of weather patterns due to global warming are settling in my body, our body.

Our body as layers of culture and as a human race.

Our body as earth.

There is a deep sorrow that I can access in the silence. It is striking to me that I am stunned by the beauty of the delicate cloth moving with the breeze as it reveals and obscures the metal lines inscribed in space.

My heart is moved.

And I am aware of not being able to fully apprehend. I see and feel only glimpses.

Partly it is too much to take in and so I have been holding it at bay, and partly it is that each of us can never fully understand.

By the nature of being human, animal, singular, we have only our own limited perspective.

​This piece reminds me of the limits and of the beauty and of taking time to be present with what is, with full awareness of my limited perspective, and an openness to more. This piece asks me to slow down, to take in the detail, to be present in the not knowing, to let my heart be moved. 

​Limited Access
a site specific installation 
by Valerie Gilman and Rebecca Muller 
September 3 to 26
Gallery A3 in Amherst MA

We created this exhibit to be seen through the windows of the gallery. Please come by any time. This exhibit is very responsive to light, so early morning sun is stunning and the later afternoon and evening the gallery lights are beautiful.

Because of the pandemic and concerns for the health and safety of our members and the general public, the gallery doors have been closed since March. That said, we have decided to have some pop up hours when the door will be open and viewers can take some time, one at a time, with the exhibit from the doorway. Masks and social distancing required. Strict cleaning protocol will be observed.

Pop-up hours 
Thursday September 3 from 4-6 pm
Friday and Saturday through the month of September from 4-6 pm

I will be there Friday the 18th and Saturday the 26th  from 4-6

Artists Forum
We will hold a zoom conference to discuss to work on September 17 at 7:30. This is free and open to the public and you can register to attend by registering at this link.