“The beat of the sounding body 2" was done with acrylic on an old bamboo cutting board. I cast 18 wood blocks the size of dice on the surface of the cutting board and marked the location of each block. I drove a 3/4" wire brad into the block at each mark, then used a 2" brush to apply a white background and a 1" brush to connect every brad to every other brad with an arc of cobalt blue acrylic. Finally, I used white cotton thread to connect every brad with every other brad. This second variation does not include text but also draws on the tradition(s) of madonna and child icons. An image of this icon is on the back of the cards that make up “the beat of the sounding body 4," an oracle deck created by forgetgutenberg to accompany the icon.

click here for the poem and a link to a video done in collaboration with Charlie Newman and Regina Schroeder