Sacred Voices

The springboard for the suite of works presented here is the serendipitous discovery of a cache of discarded pipes—amputated from their keydesk and removed from their casement—from an old organ at a church in San Antonio. The brass pipes had been sold for salvage, but the tin pipes were considered unworthy, even by the scrap metal yard. An instrument created for sacred service was now dismantled, and the voices of its pipes silenced. For me, the abandonment became a metaphor for the people, the relationships, the lives and voices and histories we discard. I took the pipes as found—rough and undisguised—and have given them voice again in visual incarnations. It has become popular to boast of salvaging material to recycle into artwork.In my decision to create this suite of works is an effort not to repurpose or recycle, but to return the pipes to their consecrated calling, to restore their voices as instrument of a cadenced manifestation of the meaning and mystery of the world into which we are born.
  • A Silver Chorus

    A Silver Chorus
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  • Eager To Pipe Up

    Eager To Pipe Up
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  • Fate and Free Will-The Deep Resonance of the Sea

    Fate and Free Will-The Deep Resonance of the Sea
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  • Fourteen Ways to Say I Am Here

    Fourteen Ways to Say I Am Here
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  • Joy Speaks

    Joy Speaks
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  • Midday Silence Is Different

    Midday Silence Is Different
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  • Gulf Serenade

    Gulf Serenade
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  • Old Genesis

    Old Genesis
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  • Soft Voices Singing in A-Sharp

    Soft Voices Singing in A-Sharp
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  • The Hush of a Tortoise Passing

    The Hush of a Tortoise Passing
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  • The Voice of a Storyteller - I

    The Voice of a Storyteller - I
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  • The Voice of a Storyteller - II

    The Voice of a Storyteller - II
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  • The Whisper of Shadows - Must We Drink

    The Whisper of Shadows - Must We Drink
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  • Their Six Wings Flap Like the Sound of Chariots

    Their Six Wings Flap Like the Sound of Chariots
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  • Who Sounds The Good News of Spring

    Who Sounds The Good News of Spring
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