Carry The “E”

Story Summary

Painted on Election Night 2020, this creation channels the tension, uncertainty, and collective exhaustion of that year into a visual prayer for peace, love, and “harmone” spelled with an E. By carrying the E from pEacE into Harmone, the work reminds us that we share common fears and hopes beneath our differences. It invites you to soften, breathe, and remember our shared humanity, even when the world feels divided and unstable, with the future still unwritten.

Story

Carry the "E" was created on Election night, November 3rd, 2020. I knew with all of the mail in ballots it was going to take some more time to count and instead of being glued to the TV watching the updates that wouldn’t be updates until days from Election night (in this case Saturday) I decided to paint what I choose to bring more into this world. Peace, Love and Harmony. Despite the divided nation, I believe deep down what we all seek and can agree to life with more Peace, Love and Harmony. Peeking through the painting are the words Peace, Love and Harmone (spelled with an E instead of with a Y). By spelling, it with an E, I carried the E that I used to spell pEacE, lovE and brought both into Harmony, thus the name of “Carry the E.” Here’s a work I created to spread more peace, love and “harmone” in the world. After painting it, and sharing the more I see “Red” and “Blue” surrounding Peace, Love and “Harmone.” I didn’t even realize the colors that I used until I was done. We have so much opportunity for us to hear from each other in the coming months and years and look forward to us standing side by side so we can see each other as humans, humans who all faced some, if not all of your deepest fears in 2020. 2020 was challenging to say the least as everything we knew had changed dramatically over night.

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