Connections

My Art Work for the Exhibition is now completed. Its Title is CONNECTIONS.....I changed it from its original title of 'Sea of Souls' because my original idea didn't come to fruition. Time constraints were an obstacle, and unfortunately I didn't get the response that I was hoping for. But that's OK because I feel that I will continue with another project in the future as I think there is more that I can do.

The Connections are those between myself and my friend Yvonne, the landscape of Scotland and Wales and the Connection of 'Oneness'....feeling connected to all of humanity in the physical and spiritual sense.

The Art Work is a photographic piece...eight images representing my personal journey through my emotions. I have based it on the concept of Equivalence...I have used the landscape as metaphors for my feelings and hope that the viewer will experience some of those feelings.

The Exhibition starts on the 24th June and shows for a week...I am hoping then to contact Lockerbie Visitor Centre and to gift my photographic piece to them.

In the original work, the images are separate and have text attached to them. One of my images is 'untitled' as I wanted to create a 'living piece,' an image open to the viewer's interpretation......to give it a name if they so wish.

Many Thanks to anyone who has been following my progress.

Penelope George

Catch Up

ONE SPIRIT, ONE JOURNEY

Its been a while since I wrote here, my emotions have been a little raw and until now I have not felt able to write....

I visited Lockerbie and discovered the unexpected. Out of the devastation I found restored beauty...from turmoil I found peace .... from chaos I found serenity.

I cant thank the community of Lockerbie enough for the hard work and dedication they have shown in creating peace in their small town for those of us who visit to find it.

My journey was a difficult and emotional one.....but it was a journey well worth taking and I was able to find peace in my acceptance of the loss of a friend and her baby daughter. The Garden of Remembrance is a place that to me symbolises the connection between heaven and earth. The town is filled with a strength of heart that I have not found anywhere else. It is a place that restores your faith in humanity...at least it did for me.

I met people who I know will become friends .... I look forward to seeing them again.

My work in Lockerbie is not finished....I feel drawn to it for reasons I am unable to express....my faith in knowing is all I need.

I am fretting over my Art Work....the Exhibition starts on the 24th of June and I am working towards the completion of my contribution. I am not confident that it is good enough, but I hope that Lockerbie will accept it as a Remembrance of all those souls taken from us, as, not only the memory of my friendship with Yvonne, but as a hand of friendship to Lockerbie's Community, and also a Thankyou for allowing me to find the peace I searched for.

God Bless You Lockerbie.....