Erin K. Schmidt

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    • birds of a feather >
      • As The Crow Flies
      • Dumped for a Stripper
      • fight or flight
      • Icare
      • sanctuary
      • the birds and the bees
      • the dovecote
      • wrecked
    • body language >
      • anamnesis
      • covfefe
      • hem/o
      • hoax
      • jubblies
      • long blonde hair
      • perforate
      • THE END OF THE WASP SEASON
      • The Unfinished Blanket
      • tiny maps
      • TRIUMPH
      • veiled muse
    • forest through the trees >
      • day/night
      • house in the wood
      • hushed we met
      • little canopies
      • the coyote's gift (in shadows)
      • remember me with affection
    • sheep's clothing >
      • 1954
      • buried in memory
      • I remember how we met
      • winter stayed late
    • troubled water >
      • life is but a dream
      • loon lake
      • not this year
      • tea and water pipe
      • Tea Party
      • Telling Time
      • waves
      • what news
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life is but a dream

To some the sea is an irresistible enigma.  What is there in the lure of its depths and of its waves that never break the same?  It is a calling that cannot be resisted, much like the siren's song.  A promise of blue, peaceful bliss. 
Or, just delusion.

One continuous wave approaches and crashes seamlessly from page to page of silk habotai as an origami boat boasting the mantra 'life is but a dream' rides the crest and fall.  The call of the sea is printed on silk organza followed by a helpless plea to disobey, each washed away by the turn of the page, relinquished to the sea.
inkjet printed silk habotai, inkjet printed silk organza, inkjet printed parchment paper 41 gsm, hemp twine, post binding.  6 1/2" x 11" x 1/4"  2019.   Edition of 10.
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