Language and Incomprehension is a quilt pieced primarily with abstract paintings, each reflective of a different conversation I have had. They pull from spoken word, thoughts, memories and energy within the experience to illustrate the larger emotional state present within the process of communication. Quilting’s historic implementation in craft and storytelling combined with the element of “piecing” conversations together into one larger whole turns the individual paintings into a self portrait of my mind, complete with nonsense, gibberish, and lots of doodles. Whether the full meaning or imagery behind this work is clear or not, the purpose is not so much to improve interpretation of a conversation but rather explore what might be missing from a purely linguistic expression of thought.
