Unity

Unity (Version 1) (2024). Acrylic on paper, pen on milkweed paper, honeycomb made of hanji, abaca cotton covers, milkweed paper endsheets. 8.8 x 5.8 x 1” closed, 11.8” wide open. Cynthia Sears Artists’ Books Collection at BIMA.

Unity (Version 2) (2024). Acrylic on paper, pen on milkweed paper, honeycomb made of hanji. 4.5 x 5.75 x 0.75” closed, 11.25” wide open. Lost by USPS.

Unity (Version 3) (2024). Acrylic on paper, pen on milkweed paper, honeycomb made of salago paper. 7.2 x 6 x 2” closed, 12.75” wide open. Lost by USPS.

Unity (Version 4) (2024). Acrylic on paper, pen on milkweed bast hanji. 8.75 x 5.1 x 1.75” closed, 11” wide open. Cynthia Sears Artists’ Books Collection at BIMA.

Unity

Every day we wake up and begin again
More often than not, we feel separate from each other
even those closest to us.
I look like you look like them
but what is the synergy between us—
is the sum really greater than the parts?
What is the sum, anyway?
Is it this?
Or this?
There’s more than one way to add things up.
The best whole reminds us daily
that we are connected.