This is a mixed media monoprint which includes Japanese and Sanskrit writing as well as invented symbols. The upper portion of the print contains the image of a happi coat which was a gift from a Japanese student. This type of coat was used on a sort of pilgrimage , which I thought was a good metaphor for an artwork which involved making a creative journey.
The central segment of this mixed-media print is an etching which was inspired by the spartina grasses, prevalent along the marsh edges of Cape Cod . I imagined the sound of the wind in the grasses expressed in the symbols in the lowest section of the image.
