Rachel Cole

I don't know why, I just always have… It's the only way I understand how to process this life. The creative process is my meditation.

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What is your favorite type of art to create?

Art making is the act of documentation of a thought (including emotion), an observation or insight to express. The gesture of mark making or object making carries meaning, every gesture held in an artifact inherently holds meaning. In the end, for me, it doesn't matter the medium. It is in finding what will convey the inherent meaning being expressed. A friend described my work insightfully as, "you show them where to look but never what to see".

Where do you find inspiration?

I am inspired by patterns of living captured in the hidden gesture… the “calligraphy” of our lives and the mark we make through our living. Sometimes it is the gesture of the zeitgeist or the gesture of a culture. My spiritual journey, zen meditation and personal growth inspires my work. Theres also an element of time or the passing of time that inspires my work.

What would you do with $25,000?

These funds would allow me time to work on my art and invest in larger ideas. I've worked serving others most of my life and put my art on a back burner. I'm not complaining I love being of service but it is time to move into being a full time artist. It is time to dedicate the rest of my life to my creative process and sharing this with the world. Mark making has always been a part of my life and it is time to fully submerge into my creative process.

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