Liminal

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We were looking at Snowdrops and wondering what could account for the way they lower their heads.

Could it be something to do with the fact that they appear early in the year when there is still the chance of winter storms? If they were to raise their heads to the sun, like other flowers, they might get battered down. By lowering their heads they submit to the wind and driving rain and, by doing so, survive. So, in weakness, they find strength.

When I first put this composition together, I wasn’t quite sure what it signified. The heavy baulks of wood are modelled on a piece of weathered oak I have saved. The surface outside is snow. The the window – or is it an embrasure – is not like anything I can recall seeing in real life.

But then a friend commented that, for her, it spoke of the transition between darkness and light, while another said that it suggests that time in the year when winter gives way to spring.

Liminal: a timeless space between past and present.