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The Village of Light by Denise Henrikson

We are excited to present these light up artworks in our Window Case along 152nd Ave. Come by and see.

Artist Statement

The Village of Light emerged from this time of COVID.  I didn’t intend to create a series- in January, I just wanted to create a House of Joy to reconnect with a sense of Joy within myself that I’d become disconnected from.  And I noticed, in the making of that house, that it also took me on a deep journey of contemplation. I discovered that in asking–  “What does the roof of Joy look like? The windows? The door? —  I simultaneously created a space within myself to ask  “What is my relationship to Joy?  Where does it “live” inside my body? How do I invite, cultivate and express it to myself? Others? And the world? 

Then, COVID hit. And I created a second house- a place for Honoring the Earth- to give myself a place to consider my relationship to the earth. And I discovered that through making it, I simultaneously created a space within myself to sit with my anxiety about the unknown- a place to embrace it, but not be consumed by it.  And not push it away…  By giving my fears and yearnings a place to “live” — through contemplation and paper maché — I discovered I could transform my existential dread into a celebration of gratitude. Together, the houses have become a Village of Light. And my work of transforming grief into praise will never be done. 

So I created:  

a place for Honoring the Trees…

a place for Honoring the Sky…

a place for Honoring the Ancestors- past, present, and future

a place for Honoring Fear, courage and transcendence

a place for Honoring Exaltation…

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