Nocturne is a new body of visual and vocal work that I am slowly working on. Inspired by the Irish composer John Field's connection to Nocturne's and also Chopin's, and my own personal experiences, of the dark, and informed by research.

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I've always loved walking in the dark, I love how my body disappears, how I can't tell where I end and the world begins. Instinct kicks in, I feel enlivened.  Sometimes It feels like I am rattling around in a big empty house, walking in the dark, no one at home. I walk slower, tentatively, with less surity, more attention, more presence.

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I love the filigree and silhouettes of branches, so exposed, like nerves, and synapses.  I love the the last light on surfaces..

It's also the only time I have to work on my art work these days.

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My brain and body rest in in the lack of detail.  I think this is partly where the pleasure lies. The world and life is so full, of so much information now, so much detail, and it soothes me, to explore a world that is so beautiful, in it's partiality, not the whole.

The unknown and being content and curious in spaces and experiences of the unknown are of deep interest to me, in this new work.

What happens when we orientate from a place that is less individuated, strategic forceful.  What comes in?
How can we have a more reciprocal relationship with the natural world and human world, where we don't force our presence upon it and each other. Where there is space for both.,,

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