UNUS MUNDUS

Language is used throughout the project very specifically, leading to the discovery of treasures in the etymology — roots and meanings — of words whose meanings may have changed over time. Words bring to life the intention of both the installation and the workshop that preceded the creation of the mobiles. Words used for this project are SERVE, En-Joy, Courage, Communion, Vocation, em-Body, and Perspective, captured abstractly in Josef Albers' font, drawing the viewer into Dia-Logos.

Color was used for contrast, speaking to our differences — we are meant to be different, unique, and in truly seeing each other and recognizing those differences, we can engage in dialogue, discovering something new each time the viewer walks around the piece and embodies a new perspective. There is always something new; it is alive. With different light streaming in through the window, or in darkness, the color is a continual invitation to find meaning. Color is abstract, but not meaningless.

In the Mystery, the light shed will reveal what is latent for each of us, and that will show us our authenticity, with Spirit and humanity as the glue that holds us together. As if we are the islands and our humanity the landfill — Unus Mundus, Latin for "One World," is the Jungian concept of an underlying unified reality from which everything emerges and to which everything returns. Designated local names such as Eagle Hill and Condor Street, both meaningful and symbolic animals from the USA and my native Colombia, indicate the spectrum of vision and perspective. These birds can see from very far away in an abstract way, but can also hone in and focus where interested — symbolic of how the unique experiences of the individual and the collective intertwine. Various components have been positioned so that, in order to be seen, viewers must move their bodies, and in doing so, embody and discover a new perspective.