GARDENING

Let nature speak. Allow us to listen.

Man-made walls and roofs close us in. Artificial waterfalls with controlled temperatures keep us clean. Rubber soles separate our feet from the soil underneath. We can no longer allow the unenlightened to distract us from the natural world any longer. We are all gardeners. We just need to put the seeds in the ground. Let’s feel the sun. Be water. And grow together. 

JJTC will present two original works-in-progress: GRIP and Nature Sounds While the IV Drips.

GRIP
Some things aren’t meant to be shared. We keep them buried underneath the surface, underground so no one can see.  We hold tight to the ones we love. Till death do us part. Strength in a team. Protecting one another. Everything’s in three. Don’t think too hard, always chase your curiosities. 

Nature Sounds While the IV Drips
This is the second work in a trilogy titled Keeping Score - Jacob’s first work post cancer - and inspired by Bessel van der Kolk’s book The Body Keeps The Score. It is a journey to understanding illness. Nature Sounds while the IV Drips is about the endurance and survival of the battle itself including sustained stays in a hospital room alone with your thoughts while connected to chemotherapy.

Nature Sounds While the IV Drips is commissioned by Scottsdale Arts.