This public artwork illustrates how the themes of nature, community, and creativity connect through interlocking imagery. Wakida’s concept begins with an image of a bee on a bed of clover, and with each new image, the viewer's perspective widens. Visually, the perspective moves farther away from the bee while each image connects to the larger picture. Wakida writes, “I once interviewed a woman about how she got through the most difficult times in her life. She told a story of how every morning, she and her husband watched the sun rise from their balcony at home. Within minutes, what began as a dazzling dawn of color and light transformed into an unbearable, blinding ray of heat. ‘When something becomes unbearable,’ she told me, ‘change position.’ In other words, what we perceive as the center of our vision – whether it is an object, a person, or an experience – can grow infinitesimally larger or smaller, based on the context. The human mind has a remarkable capacity to creatively ‘change position,’ to evolve, solve problems, and altruistically survive.” Wakida carved the images by hand in linoleum and printed the images onto paper with an etching press. The linoleum block prints were scanned and the digital files were used by a bronze fabricator to cast the bronze plaques.
- Current Location: East County Hall of Justice - 5149 Gleason Drive Dublin, CA 94568 (google map)
- Collections: East County Hall of Justice
Alameda County Arts Commission
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