Shawne Major
Jouska, 2025
Mixed media
38 1/4 x 36 1/2 inches
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Jouska: a hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head I’ve been interested lately in the difficulty of changing neural pathways and altering behaviors. The patterns in the...
Jouska: a hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head
I’ve been interested lately in the difficulty of changing neural pathways and altering behaviors. The patterns in the pieces are repeated and change and partly repeated in an abstract representation of these neural pathways. I imagine the pathways as ruts that are difficult to climb out of and the flower and other objects and beads as positive and negative outcomes and potential new beginnings.
I’ve been interested lately in the difficulty of changing neural pathways and altering behaviors. The patterns in the pieces are repeated and change and partly repeated in an abstract representation of these neural pathways. I imagine the pathways as ruts that are difficult to climb out of and the flower and other objects and beads as positive and negative outcomes and potential new beginnings.