Beneath the surface / by Esther Loopstra

CREATIVITY

a catalyst

not a fixed ratio

but constantly multiplying 

into a trillion aspects

of what could be

connecting thought

with matter

on levels not yet seen

what is known does not

interest me 

but possibility 

contains within it

the aspects of everything 

where we receive guidance

from infinite intelligence

Every year that goes by and with every project, it becomes more and more clear that my work is about getting in touch with what is under the surface of the reality that we see with our eyes or what we perceive with our senses.

We know scientifically that we are only capable of observing what we are specifically looking for at any given moment or what we have the capacity to comprehend.

But what about the structures and systems that support us, that hold life together but are unseen and relatively unknown to us? Most people never stop to think about our connection to these infrastructures because we have been taught to see ourselves as individual.

Our nervous system, mycelium, the quantum field, a spider web, the internet, the functional nutrients of food, a kelp forest. These are all examples of extremely complex systems that function as a whole, but we have little knowledge of how and if they relate to us.

My premise is that they do. Western culture and science is proficient at isolating. We isolate functions of the brain, organs, species, biomes and use this to diagnose, produce and sell. But we lack any greater knowledge of how we as humans connect in a more profound way to ourselves and the natural world, or how the natural world connects to itself or the quantum. But we are slowly gaining the science to see that there is something more going on here.

What happens when we lack the ability to see ourselves as connected? When part of us is hurt and we are unable to reconnect to what naturally heals us? We see ourselves as alone and unable to feel supported. And we feel unable to act as healers for the networks around us.

My work is about revealing what’s underneath the obvious. About seeing what is painful and healing and how connected we are to what is all around us. About co-regulating back to the systems that nurture and restore. I think it’s time.