River of Vessels

“A community is not a crowd. It is a current.

Dozens of small handmade ceramic vessels are arranged in the shape of a river. Every vessel is different. Every vessel was made by the same hands. Alone, each is an object. Together, they move.

We often experience our lives as separate. Our worries feel private. Our victories feel small. But if you could see the whole of the current — every person quietly holding on, every person quietly showing up, every person quietly loving someone through the ordinariness of a Tuesday — you would see something a single vessel cannot.

This installation isn’t about ceramics.

It’s about the current you are inside.

Who are the vessels quietly moving in the same direction as you — and when did you last let yourself feel carried by them?”