What is Time, Anyway?

Miked media: hand-dyed wool yarn, various cotton printed and hand dyed fabrics, vintage cotton prints, glass beads, silk and rayon thread
22 x 24 x 0.5 in
(55.88 x 60.96 x 1.27 cm)
Julia Muench

If you travel out West, there are several sacred hoop locations one can visit. While I was learning more about Cangleska Wakan or Sacred Hoop, locations, I was inspired to make this piece.
Time can be warped, and one has to ask, "What is it, anyway?" The sacred hoop, sometimes called medicine wheel, is the Sioux concept that all things in the universe are connected in one continuous process of growth and progression. My own particular take on ' Cangleska Wakan' includes the four seasons, and full spectrum of color against the black sky. Perhaps a way to feel more connected during fragmented times.

Created: 2020
Collections: Art that Reflects Musical Aspects: Rhythm/ Key colors, Available to Purchase, In-Spiral-ed, Lunar Aspects, Newest Works late 2019-2020-2021, Tides & Portals

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For me, Art is illuminating, healing and necessary. Creating something unique, merging color with form, and revealing new aesthetics, is a passion of mine. My body of visual artwork is influenced by a lifelong study of world cultures, music and dance. I believe art can be a way to help someone see something, maybe take them beyond expectations, opening up new worlds of possibilities. My aim in making art, is to emerge with an outcome that moves and awakens. My concern for the Earth’s environment, starting with our oceans, reveals itself through the images in some of my work, and the sustainable materials I am incorporating into my art practice.

A viewer once said of my work…” Your art reminds people of themselves, of who they really are. They recognize the art they forgot about... They realize they do know, and can know, and that they never really lost themselves, that they are still there and it makes them happy…”

I invite you, as a unique observer, to find your own take on what you see in my work, and maybe even find your own way into creating something new.

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Julia Muench

Leonardo, NJ

What is Time, Anyway?

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