JULIE ANN STEVENS

I composed this piece with equal parts of agony and ecstasy — the raw ingredients I have come to equate with transformation.

It is bold and tender —

Worn and fresh —

And it comes from this place of mysterious, loving darkness.

Each time I view this piece I discover something new — a sharp edge that disturbs, or a gentle curve I want to curl myself up in —

But the heart of this piece remains its focal point —

The one source that feeds both the stem and the bloom.

This is truth for all forms of life at all times all over the world.

Namasté.