{"id":1846,"date":"2022-04-20T11:35:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T18:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ejmillerfineart.com\/news\/?p=1846"},"modified":"2022-05-11T18:03:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T01:03:33","slug":"1000-moons-february-2022-virtual-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ejmillerfineart.com\/news\/2022\/04\/20\/1000-moons-february-2022-virtual-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"1000 Moons February 2022 virtual conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second event in the 1000 Moons series was a Zoom event hosted by Walters Cultural Arts Center on February 17, 2022 as part of their Creative Connections speaker series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"#transcript-EN\"><strong><u>Click to view ENGLISH text transcript<\/u><\/strong><\/a><br><br><\/li><li><a href=\"#transcript-ES\"><strong><u>Click para ver transcripci\u00f3n de texto en ESPA\u00d1OL<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this second open conversation about 1000 Moons, I talk about my grandparents&#8217; one-year death anniversaries and how this milestone is addressed in different cultures; and how their deaths specifically from Covid has affected my grief process. I share newly released footage of my papermaking process using objects from their lives, and installation videos from three different sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1000 Moons February 2022 virtual conversation\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hkOvIhbzZaA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Watch the virtual conversation video on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hkOvIhbzZaA\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube<\/a>. Jump directly to each section of the event using the chapter timestamp links in the video description. English and Spanish subtitles are included on Youtube, and a text transcript of the video is available below.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"width: 100%;\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/racc.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ejmillerfineart.com\/img\/RACC_logo.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Funded in part by the <a href=\"https:\/\/racc.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regional Arts and Culture Council.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"transcript-EN\"><strong>1000 Moons virtual conversation text transcript<\/strong> (English):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Host:<\/em> My name is Melissa Moore and I&#8217;m the Arts Education and Community Outreach Supervisor at the Walters Cultural Arts Center. Thank you for joining us for this virtual Creative Connections talk with artist Emily Jung Miller. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miller has spent her life by the coast and most of her artwork has had its roots in her love of the sea. Her work explores the natural beauty and cycles of change centered around coastal environments, where our human connection to nature becomes clear. Her most recent project centers human connection and cycles of change in a new way, in response to the loss of her grandparents from Covid-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now at this point, I would like to invite you all to reset your Zoom settings to &#8216;Speaker View&#8217; for the first part of the program. And I think I&#8217;ll go ahead and stop the screen share to help you with that, but before we do, let me move down here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re interested in having subtitles or a live transcript of the talk tonight show on your screen, you can go down to your settings at the bottom of the screen and use the up arrow, next to where it says &#8216;Live Transcript&#8217; or &#8216;Closed Caption,&#8217; and it will give you the option to show subtitles. If you decide you don&#8217;t want those, you can turn them back off in that same location. I&#8217;m going to go ahead and stop our screen share now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Great so as I was saying, if you would like to now, if you move your mouse up to the upper right hand corner of your screen, you should see the word &#8216;View&#8217; and if you click on &#8216;View&#8217; you can check &#8216;Speaker&#8217; and it&#8217;ll move us into speaker view. And that&#8217;s going to give you the best view for during Emily&#8217;s talk, so I encourage you to do that. During the second half of this evening, we&#8217;re going to move into a discussion and you&#8217;ll probably want to adjust your screen setting back to &#8216;Gallery&#8217; at that point. Also you should know we are recording currently, but during the discussion phase we&#8217;ll be turning the recording off. During that discussion you&#8217;re also welcome to continue with us with your screen off, if that would make you more comfortable. And at this point I&#8217;m going to turn it over to Emily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily: <\/em>Thank you so much Melissa and thanks to the Walters Cultural Arts Center for hosting this conversation. Hello everyone and thank you all for joining me tonight to talk about 1000 Moons. Grief and death can be a lot to talk about. I encourage each of you to hold space for what you need right now, during our time together tonight, and also for yourself afterwards. My presentation and the first Q&amp;A section afterwards will be recorded, and that recording will be available for you to come back to. So if you need to step away, get a glass of water, mute the audio, stand up and breathe deeply, or anything that centers you, feel free. The recording will be there for you. After the Q&amp;A, the open conversation will not be posted online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I&#8217;ll be speaking tonight about the current state of the project 1000 Moons and sharing brand new videos of my process and the installations. I&#8217;ll begin with a brief overview of 1000 Moons for those of you new to the project. This is an art installation and ongoing grief process that I started after both my grandparents died of Covid in early 2021. After their deaths, I struggled a lot with my sense of time. Days and weeks seemed very disconnected and unreal, and I found myself orienting towards natural cycles, the cycle of the moon in particular, as a way to ground myself back into the passing of time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So during all this I figured out that my grandmother had witnessed 1175 full moon cycles in her 94 years of life. The 1000 Moons project follows my process of creating all 1175 moons using circles cut out of handmade paper that I am making with natural and reclaimed materials, including material from my grandparents lives. The 1000 Moons installation presents hanging strands of these full moon circles surrounding us, which is where I am right now, envisioning the full span of a life as a physical space, as a context for our own lifetimes and those of our loved ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am choosing to present 1000 Moons as a process, not a finished project. Each conversation and installation shares my evolving process in a different way. Presenting the work as a process is an intentional way for me to focus on grief as an ongoing process, and sharing the work invites community into grief in direct response to the isolation and separation of grief and death from daily life in American culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So this tonight is the second conversation in the ongoing series. And I had some thoughts about what would be ready for this presentation, months ago when I was planning it, and those things are not all ready today. And last week I realized how important it is for me to be exactly where I am right now, and the importance of acknowledging that without judgment. That where I am is not exactly where I had planned to be. And the process-centered presentation of the 1000 Moons project intentionally holds space for that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This process has reminded me many times that self-care, self-awareness, and self-acceptance are not things that can be checked off a to-do list. Within the idea that it&#8217;s okay to be not okay, I feel it&#8217;s important to recognize for myself that it&#8217;s okay to still be not okay. It&#8217;s okay for me to not be okay next year. It&#8217;s okay to be okay today, and then not okay for all of next week. And it&#8217;s important also to recognize that being not okay has a real life effect on managing the responsibilities and roles of everything else in life. Grief has been characterized in our culture as sort of an extracurricular event or a brief swerve out of normal life, and I believe that acknowledging, honoring, and holding space for grief as an integral part of our normal lives creates a fuller path towards healing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want to take a few minutes now to honor the communities that support 1000 Moons. These conversations have been really helpful for me, the virtual conversations, and I want to thank each of you for being here and being part of this process. The opportunity to speak about this and share my work on 1000 Moons has been such a gift. Your individual support, and the support of organizations that have hosted 1000 Moons, has made a world of difference. During the launch event, the first conversation that I hosted in October of last year, I announced an ongoing GoFundMe campaign to support my work on 1000 Moons. Early contributions helped fund my work on the launch event and all my work since. Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far. I also want to acknowledge public funding I&#8217;ve received from the Regional Arts and Culture Council&#8217;s &#8216;Make Learn Build&#8217; grant. Receiving this help is an affirmation of the importance of my grandparents&#8217; lives, and the importance of their deaths. It creates a community that supports the importance of this process in all of our lives. I also want to acknowledge others who are doing this work, each in their own way, to bring grief and death back into our experience of life. Thank you for joining me in affirming the value of grief in our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s been four months since I first spoke about 1000 Moons during the launch event, and it has now been one year since both my grandparents died, four weeks apart, shortly after my grandmother&#8217;s 94th birthday. These past few months have been hard for me in a way I did not anticipate. I didn&#8217;t realize how strongly the first anniversary dates would affect me. And it felt off to me to call them anniversaries but I struggled with finding a better word for it. So I Googled it. You know, &#8216;what&#8217;s another word for death anniversary,&#8217; and I discovered that there is a special word for the death day celebration of a loved one in the languages of China, Korea, India, the Philippines, Vietnam, Japan and in Hebrew. Some also have a different word for the first anniversary celebration of a death, which is where I am right now, and some have a different word for monthly death day celebrations. Languages create words for what&#8217;s important for that culture to express. So in these cultures, not only is there a word created just for the day of the death, but it is a word for the celebration of that day. This is a culturally supportive way of recognizing the importance of these dates in all of our ongoing lives. Not having any of that context in my own American culture, I was really surprised at how difficult and significant those dates have been for me. I didn&#8217;t see it coming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was important to me to spend both of my grandparents&#8217; death days in an intentional way that felt healing and connected to them. I ended up filming video for 1000 Moons on both days, and I&#8217;ll provide some context before showing the first video. I hadn&#8217;t made any new paper sheets in a few months and I had barely done any work cutting out moons from the sheets I had left over from my last paper-making session. Before the holidays, I bought a tin of my grandfather&#8217;s favorite tea, and it sat in my work room for months while I struggled with how to interpret my grandmother&#8217;s birthday, then Christmas and New Year&#8217;s and then her death day. Those one-year milestone days were not harmful experiences, but they were difficult experiences that took a lot of my energy, with all the joy and remembrance and grief, love, and unknowing, and finding my way forward in a culture that doesn&#8217;t really provide much space to support the impact that these dates have on our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I was not making paper and I was mostly not making moons. On my grandfather&#8217;s death day, 10 days ago, I picked up the tin of his tea and started making new paper with it, the first new paper I&#8217;d made in seven months. So this paper-making process video that you&#8217;re about to see was all filmed in the past 10 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1000 Moons - Papermaking\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h7_MXUTKFAA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So this is the tea, and the paper pulp in it is recycled cotton rag mat board. And I have a really big tray to make large sheets of paper. That was just more efficient because I&#8217;m making so many moons out of it, but I&#8217;ve found that I really like the huge sheets of paper. I&#8217;ve gotten kind of attached to them, just as they are. And the process of making the paper is a huge part of the process of the project, so I&#8217;m really glad that I was able to do this filming. And the filming also now has become a big part of the process for me. It&#8217;s another way of connecting to the work, I&#8217;ve found, and thinking about what I want people to see. Beyond just the finished moons, or even the finished sheets of paper, is me doing this, is a big part of 1000 Moons. The making of the sheets of paper and then eventually cutting them apart again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smell has also become a big part of the project, and that&#8217;s something that you&#8217;re not getting in video. But this is a really strong black tea and I&#8217;m using cold water, but I did the paper-making over the course of a week. So I basically made cold brew. And the smell of the tea all week was a really, it was a gift I didn&#8217;t expect, to get that connection and that memory again. Later in this process video I am working with kelp, seaweed, from the shoreline where they lived in Maine, and again that smell, the smell of the seaweed, is just, it&#8217;s a connection and a joy to have that. And the dry paper does smell very slightly still of tea and kelp and also old paper, old books, from the paper that I put in there. And all of those smells have just been really central to memory and connection and experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve also thought about adding sound to these, but that&#8217;s something that I haven&#8217;t had the opportunity to really focus on. I have a lot of ideas about the sound that I want to put in, and that&#8217;ll come at a later time. I&#8217;m looking forward to that. Part of it, I&#8217;m thinking, is the sound of what&#8217;s happening right now, and part of it is the memory, the sound memories from the past. Sort of overlapping what I&#8217;m doing now with what I&#8217;m thinking about while I&#8217;m doing it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So that&#8217;s little pieces of kelp that I chopped up, in addition to having the larger pieces, and this is also fragments of sheet music. So in this batch I&#8217;ve got kelp, sheet music, tea, and also daylily leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I sort of know how to make paper, but pulling huge sheets like this and, you know, doing it in a really different way, with all of this stuff in there that you can see, that&#8217;s not blended up, has been a fun exploration. Just to see how things turned out is, you know, a lot of the sheets of paper came out in a way that I didn&#8217;t expect, and that was a really fun surprise for me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I smash them onto the board, and then I let them dry overnight, and then I peel them off the board, and then I get to see what I&#8217;ve created. This is just tea with nothing else added, and I was really excited to discover that it reminds me of chocolate chip ice cream. Which is not intentional, it just, that&#8217;s how it looked. And the back side, the tea stained the paper. So on the left side is the back of a sheet, and on the right side is the front. And the back side of a lot of these sheets (this is the same sheet back and front, back side&#8217;s on the right) it almost feels sort of like a fossil, or just like an impression of something that is from the past, on the back more than the front. And I really like that too. So when the moons are on display, they rotate, and so you can see the back and the front on each of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So that was the first video, and I am really excited to have had the opportunity to make that video, and to do that work really recently. And I also just, I need to keep sort of re-learning for myself, and sharing as part of the process, that I can&#8217;t do this work without constantly, or repeatedly anyway, creating space for myself to rest and reflect and heal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our productivity-oriented culture doesn&#8217;t naturally include this space, but it&#8217;s often where I find the most growth. I&#8217;ve tried to include my own self-care and rest as an active part of my public art practice. So I will share that last week I focused on making all this new paper and filming the process. And what that means in real time, is that I missed other deadlines, I didn&#8217;t answer emails, and I got started very late each morning, because my body needed extra sleep every day. Next week I&#8217;m taking personal time all day Monday and Thursday, and I know I&#8217;ll need more time after that. There&#8217;s an idea that if we love our work, we shouldn&#8217;t need time off from it, and for myself I&#8217;ve found that to be simply untrue. If I didn&#8217;t make time to rest, I would not be able to continue doing this work. Grief has been a constant process, whether or not it&#8217;s the focus of my thoughts and actions at any given time, and that has repercussions on my ability to maintain all the other work that I do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spending time in the installations of 1000 Moons has really become a peaceful and welcoming space for me. And I haven&#8217;t done a talk about this since I put up two installations. So the last talk, I hadn&#8217;t had a chance to experience them except in my studio, and I&#8217;ve found that it&#8217;s just, it&#8217;s a space that i want to be in, and that was really a gift. And the unscheduled time that I need, after I&#8217;ve spent an intense session of time with one of the installations, is equally important for my spirit to honor this process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So I spent my grandmother&#8217;s death day with the installation that was up at Crema Art Annex in southeast Portland. I was doing an in-depth filming process of the installation, and also taking it down. Taking down the show really felt like an opportunity to reconnect with the work, and with my grandmother, and the year that has now passed since her death. And that&#8217;s sort of new for me, for taking down a show, to just feel like this is another chance to be with the work. And it&#8217;s part of the process, you know, it&#8217;s not just the end of the show. So that installation video is coming up next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1000 Moons Fall 2021 installations\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h2zv_SZkGCE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So the project is 1000 Moons, but I&#8217;m not done with all 1000 moons yet. So each installation I&#8217;ve been naming as the number of moons in the installation and the number of years that it represents. So this is 22 Years 270 Moons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And this was, filming this in January, was the first time that I really felt like the filming had become an important part of my process, and a way to see it, and connect with it, and share it, that I didn&#8217;t have before. This is also the video where I started thinking a lot about sound, and the sounds of the present moment and also the sounds of memory overlapping. So I&#8217;m excited to explore that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wanted them to, the moons, to move the whole time that they were on display. So in this installation, I actually have a little fan running in the corner behind the, on the side of the window. But if they&#8217;re in a space that&#8217;s not a closed window space like this, where people are moving through the space, they just move naturally. When you run your hand by them, when you walk past them, they&#8217;re on really lightweight string so they respond to anybody being present in the space with them. I showed just a short clip from my phone of them to a friend recently, and she said, &#8216;It looks like they&#8217;re alive.&#8217; Which I don&#8217;t think I had really thought that through, but I liked it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I really enjoyed the reflections in this window installation. That was from the outside, this is looking out at the same tree that the reflection was of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was interesting having it in such a public sort of urban space, with people walking by, cars going by, it&#8217;s across the street from Crema cafe. And just having it sort of stay there, as a presence that remained while people walked past and went on with their lives, was really interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So at the end of the installation, while I was taking all these down and packing them up, I left up two strands. Just to take a minute to honor that one year, 12 moons, amount of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And this was a smaller and shorter installation that was just up for a few weeks, downtown in Portland, around a mirrored pillar. And that was really fun to have the moons reflected in the mirror. So each one of these is really different, site specific, and responds to the environment that it&#8217;s in. And I&#8217;m looking forward to future installations also being really their own work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve discovered that I have a favorite moon, and it&#8217;s this one. Whenever I take photos of the installation, I somehow manage to find that one and take a lot of photos of it, and I didn&#8217;t realize it until yesterday actually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I did have a vision in my mind of what I wanted the final exhibition of all 1000 moons to be like. And so I set up a trial run with 192 moons, so it&#8217;s about one-fifth of the total, as a corridor that you stand within and walk through. And this was set up and filmed just a few days ago last week, I think it was last Friday. And that is where I am right now. So in the final installation, it would be a longer corridor. The corridor would continue farther, and you&#8217;d be able to sort of progress through the experience of the years of a life, as you walk forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So because my grandparents died of Covid, my grieving process this year has included the additional challenge of managing the current state of the world, and the wide range of responses to Covid in people around me. And that has had a huge effect on my grief process, and has also been the hardest part of this to talk about. And this is actually the first time that I am talking about it, over a year later. I think one of the reasons that I see so much value in community grief process, is that for me this year, the one-on-one conversations have mostly been too hard. It is a huge challenge for me now to feel comfortable interacting with others, not only because of the physical threat of Covid from in-person gathering, but because of the emotional aspect of responding to casual conversation about Covid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s natural to experience fear from this extended upheaval, and often that fear has led to an amount of unkindness and an amount of denial. That is also natural. The challenge for me has been that I can&#8217;t separate that from my grandparents&#8217; deaths. So I was thinking about how to contextualize this. And I thought about really, the other work that I was doing, and continue to do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before their deaths, my art practice had been focused on a community interactive series of installations called Ghost Net Landscape. I brought in tons of reclaimed fishing gear, which is a major source of ocean pollution, and created a free and open space for visitors to make something beautiful and new with the materials. Ghost Net Landscape really addressed climate grief and climate denial by honoring our present moment without excusing it, and creating space to work together on transformative, future-focused growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I feel like both the climate crisis and Covid have had some crossover in being globally shared, heartbreaking, and human-driven crises that are transforming our world and affecting all of our lives. This is huge, and denial, anger, fear, and hopelessness, again are natural reactions. And I think in a way they&#8217;ve been as great a challenge as the existence of plastic in the ocean and as the existence of the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ve struggled to find a way to communicate the harm of my grandparents&#8217; deaths, of Covid in particular, and the harm of that continued upheaval &#8211; anger, denial &#8211; that is in all of our lives, without causing harm to others. None of us can fix this alone. We all share the earth, and we all share responsibility, but responsibility is not the same thing as blame. Blame punishes the past, and responsibility cares for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compassion is the only response I have found for myself that doesn&#8217;t cause more damage. Compassion doesn&#8217;t justify or excuse harmful behavior. It acknowledges anger, fear, and judgment, while reminding us that our anger, fear, and judgment are not our true north. Compassion creates space for growth, in ourselves and in others. This is why, although I didn&#8217;t realize what I was doing, but this is the reason why 1000 Moons is created as a space to witness and share the full span of a life. It is a space for compassion, like Ghost Net Landscape. Inviting others into the space makes it a space for all of our overlapping histories, our memories, and our futures, not just a memorial for my grandparents. I do believe that we would benefit from more compassion in the world, and more growth, and my hope is that the shared experience of 1000 Moons creates some space for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have some exciting announcements about upcoming events for 1000 Moons to be shared in the next year. My third conversation in the series will be an interview on the Omni Open Studios podcast. That will be released in June. And I am in talks to have a physical exhibition of 1000 Moons at the new Reser Center for the Arts in Beaverton later this year. And in 2023, which sounds far away but also is really not, I will be exhibiting a solo show with 1000 Moons and more additional work in my grief process, at the Hillsboro Civic Center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New contributions to the 1000 Moons GoFundMe campaign will fund my work to create these as accessible presentations, online, in print, and in person. Your contributions will also support the time between, of rest and reflection. So I&#8217;m going to include a link in the chat, when I&#8217;ve stopped talking, to contribute to the campaign and a link to the 1000 Moons project webpage. That has the schedule of upcoming events. You can also subscribe to my email newsletter to receive event reminders about those events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is the end of my official formal presentation. Thank you all for being here to share this space. We&#8217;re going to transition now into the Q&amp;A which will be recorded. And after the Q&amp;A will be an open conversation that will not be recorded. You can type questions into the chat for the Q&amp;A, or you can just un-mute yourself to speak. I&#8217;m going to work on putting those links in the chat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Host: <\/em>And Emily I&#8217;m going to keep an eye on the chat. If anyone wants to type a question for Emily in there, I can read it out for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And until someone else bravely asks a question, Emily I do have a question. As you were talking, I was so moved watching you creating the paper and the things that you were incorporating into it, and just that physical process of making the paper with your hands. I wondered if, as you&#8217;re reflecting on your grandparents&#8217; lives and and making the paper, if you are consciously looking for different things to add, to represent different parts of their lives, or is the paper changing over time as you create this project?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily: <\/em>Yes. Thank you for that question. I think that while I&#8217;m actually making the paper I&#8217;m usually just sort of in the process, and I&#8217;m not thinking about other things to add to it very much. I&#8217;m more just sort of experiencing what is there in it now. The things that I&#8217;ve chosen so far have all held such strong memories and connections to them for me, that it&#8217;s, I just want to be experiencing those materials. I actually thought of using daylily leaves for a technical reason. So that is something that I&#8217;m thinking about while I&#8217;m making the paper. I&#8217;m not using any sort of a long fiber, so the paper is really easy to tear if you don&#8217;t have a long fiber. And the daylily leaves are, you know, about this long, and they provide that extra support. So I didn&#8217;t have those in the first batch that I made. And my grandmother loved gardening, in a way that I can&#8217;t overstate, it was really important to her life. And her daylily garden in particular was really important to her life. So adding those materials in was something I thought about while I was making the paper. The tea was a later thought, and it didn&#8217;t come to me while I was making the paper. It was just while I was thinking about them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Host: <\/em>Okay we have, thank you Emily, we have a question in the chat from Eryn. &#8220;Would you consider sharing a memory with each 1000 moon section or each year?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily: <\/em>Yes, I think I am ready to do that. If you&#8217;d asked me that during the launch event, I would have said no. And that again, presenting this project as a process has been really beneficial for me. Because I&#8217;m realizing, you know, today I&#8217;m here and four months ago I was somewhere else, and tomorrow I&#8217;ll be somewhere else. I can guarantee you tomorrow I&#8217;ll be somewhere else, emotionally, after doing this event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think up until really recently it was, I was holding it too close to want to share memories. But I think that, that&#8217;s something that&#8217;s actually the topic, the guiding topic for the open conversation tonight that will not be recorded, is memory. Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Host: <\/em>All right and would anyone like to just un-mute themselves and ask a question?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Gwyn: <\/em>Hi Emily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily: <\/em>Hey Gwyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Gwyn: <\/em>Hi so I was thinking about this while you were showing us the video. You have all these spectacular video images that you&#8217;re doing. Does it, when you&#8217;re recording something like that, and going through the process of creating the video side of it, of course it&#8217;s a lot more work that I don&#8217;t think people always necessarily realize artists have to do as part of their process as well. And you had said that it was kind of like it had become part of the process. And I guess I was curious, is it like journaling or almost like capturing these moments feels like something that you&#8217;re taking in as its own kind of memory?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily: <\/em>Yeah. Yeah it&#8217;s interesting because it is a whole another layer of work. To be doing the work and filming the work at the same time is like double work. And it&#8217;s art work, you know, the camera angles and figuring out what you want to show. And I&#8217;m not trained in in video. I&#8217;m a photographer but a still photographer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Gwyn: <\/em>But you&#8217;re learning it now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily: <\/em>Exactly yeah you learn what you need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Gwyn: <\/em>That&#8217;s right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily: <\/em>But yeah I think it really has become important to me to do the videos and get them right, and to keep filming parts of the process as sort of a journal. That becomes part of this process oriented project, and just a way to sort of share how I see it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Gwyn: <\/em>And connecting is what us artists do. That&#8217;s the whole thing, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily: <\/em>Yeah and I think especially for the installation work that I do, I really want it to be a space where it&#8217;s about connection and shared experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Gwyn: <\/em>Well it&#8217;s really great, I love the video. You&#8217;re doing great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily: <\/em>Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Christine: <\/em>Hi Emily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily: <\/em>Hi Christine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Christine: <\/em>Hi. This work is just so moving for so many reasons. So I&#8217;m just curious about, you know, this is an invitation to a public to participate in this. Do you have any family that are participating in it? People that have the shared loss?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily: <\/em>Yes. I&#8217;ve thought a lot about that and I&#8217;ve had a variation of that question before. And it took me a while to think it through. Yes this absolutely is open to all of my family. I send them email newsletters, they get the notification. But what I have realized is that, although each one of us has gone through this grief process for the same two people in our own way, we all know how difficult this was. And I&#8217;m doing 1000 Moons for the public. For the people who didn&#8217;t go through this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We weren&#8217;t able to gather afterwards, and I think we&#8217;re all still working it out in our own ways. And this is my way. But I&#8217;m not really sure that it&#8217;s the right way for anybody else in my family. We all had such different relationships with, I mean with everyone right? But I, yes, some of my family has contributed and that&#8217;s been really great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Christine: <\/em>I know family can be such a loaded thing for artists in the way that they respond to us, so that&#8217;s why I just wonder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily: <\/em>Yeah. My family has been great and very supportive, which is, I know I&#8217;m very lucky to have that and always have been. And that&#8217;s been really helpful, I think for me, not just for this project, but just in general as an artist. But this in particular, I really felt like this is something that I need to do for myself and for the public, and it&#8217;s there for my family if it feels right for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Host: <\/em>Emily we have another question in the chat. Carol asks, &#8220;Do you think you may use various different lighting for the installations in the future?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily: <\/em>Yeah for sure. Actually this installation actually looks better with different lighting, but you can&#8217;t see me with the best lighting. So I had to sort of compromise because this is for a Zoom. But yeah, lighting really changes the way that these look, and I love that. So yeah, every installation is going to be in its own space, it&#8217;s going to have its own lighting, and that&#8217;s going to be really fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Cherie: <\/em>Can I ask a question? Are you gonna have any showings in Maine where they were from?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily: <\/em>So I have applied to the residency at Haystack School of Crafts, which is three miles away from my grandparents&#8217; home. It&#8217;s in May, the residency, and if I get it then I will be there doing this work, but I don&#8217;t have a connection with any other spaces on Deer Isle. It would be interesting actually to just approach like Deer Isle Artists Association in Deer Isle village and see if they were interested. I hadn&#8217;t thought about that. I&#8217;ve been going there all my life, I know the area really well, I just didn&#8217;t think about that. Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Host: <\/em>Emily there&#8217;s a comment in the chat from Joyce and Tim Gabriel that says, &#8220;Your work speaks volumes and you share it beautifully. Thank you.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily: <\/em>Thank you Joyce and Tim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if nobody has any more questions or comments that they want published &#8211; last call &#8211; I think we can move into the open conversation, which I&#8217;m going to be editing out of the video. It won&#8217;t be posted online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Host: <\/em>There&#8217;s one last comment from Peggy. &#8220;Thank you. We are enormously proud of you.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily: <\/em>That&#8217;s my family. Thank you Peggy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Host: <\/em>I am going to go ahead and stop the recording, so everyone can feel really comfortable with the space for the discussion time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily: <\/em>Great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"transcript-ES\"><strong>Transcripci\u00f3n de texto de la conversaci\u00f3n virtual de 1000 Lunas<\/strong>: (Espa\u00f1ol)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Anfitri\u00f3n<\/em>: Me llamo Melissa Moore y soy la supervisora de Educaci\u00f3n Art\u00edstica y Alcance Comunitario del Centro Cultural de Artes Walters. Gracias por acompa\u00f1arnos en esta charla virtual de Creative Connections con la artista Emily Jung Miller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miller ha pasado su vida junto a la costa y la mayor parte de sus obras de arte han tenido sus ra\u00edces en su amor por el mar. Sus obras exploran la belleza natural y los ciclos de cambio centrados alrededor de los entornos costeros, donde nuestra conexi\u00f3n humana con la naturaleza se hace evidente. Su proyecto m\u00e1s reciente se centra en la conexi\u00f3n humana y los ciclos de cambio en una nueva manera, en respuesta a la p\u00e9rdida de sus abuelos de Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahora, en este punto, me gustar\u00eda invitarlos a todos a restablecer su configuraci\u00f3n de Zoom a la &#8220;Vista del Orador&#8221; para la primera parte del programa. Y creo que voy a seguir adelante y detener la pantalla compartida para ayudarles con eso, pero antes de hacerlo, perm\u00edtanme moverme aqu\u00ed abajo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Si le interesa tener subt\u00edtulos o una transcripci\u00f3n en vivo del programa de esta noche en su pantalla, puede ir a la configuraci\u00f3n en la parte inferior de la pantalla y utilizar la flecha que apunta hacia arriba, al lado de donde dice &#8220;Transcripci\u00f3n en Vivo&#8221; o &#8220;Subt\u00edtulos&#8221;, y le dar\u00e1 la opci\u00f3n de mostrar subt\u00edtulos. Si decide que no los quiere, puede volver a desactivarlos en ese mismo lugar. Voy a seguir adelante y detener nuestra pantalla compartida ahora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Genial, como dec\u00eda, si desea ahora, si mueve el rat\u00f3n hasta la esquina superior derecha de la pantalla, deber\u00eda ver la palabra &#8221; Vista &#8221; y si hace clic en &#8221; Vista &#8221; puede marcar &#8221; Orador &#8221; y nos mover\u00e1 a la vista del orador. Y eso les dar\u00e1 la mejor vista durante la pl\u00e1tica de Emily, as\u00ed que les animo a que lo hagan. Durante la segunda mitad de esta noche, vamos a pasar a una discusi\u00f3n y probablemente querr\u00e1 ajustar su configuraci\u00f3n de pantalla de nuevo a &#8220;Galer\u00eda&#8221; en ese momento. Tambi\u00e9n debe saber que estamos grabando, pero durante la fase de discusi\u00f3n apagaremos la grabaci\u00f3n. Durante esa discusi\u00f3n tambi\u00e9n puede seguir con nosotros con la pantalla apagada, si eso le hace sentir m\u00e1s c\u00f3modo. Y en este punto voy a pasar a Emily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily<\/em>: Muchas gracias Melissa y gracias al Centro Cultural de Artes Walters por ser el anfitri\u00f3n de esta conversaci\u00f3n. Hola a todos y gracias por acompa\u00f1arme esta noche para hablar de 1000 Lunas. El duelo y la muerte pueden dar mucho de qu\u00e9 hablar. Os animo a que cada uno de vosotros guarde un espacio para lo que necesite en este momento, durante el tiempo que pasemos juntos esta noche, y tambi\u00e9n para vosotros mismos despu\u00e9s. Mi presentaci\u00f3n y la primera secci\u00f3n de preguntas y respuestas se grabar\u00e1n, y esa grabaci\u00f3n estar\u00e1 disponible para que vuelvas a verla. As\u00ed que si necesitas alejarte, tomar un vaso de agua, silenciar el audio, levantarte y respirar profundamente, o cualquier cosa que te centre, no dude en hacerlo. La grabaci\u00f3n estar\u00e1 ah\u00ed para usted. Despu\u00e9s de las preguntas y respuestas, la conversaci\u00f3n abierta no se publicar\u00e1 en l\u00ednea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As\u00ed que esta noche hablar\u00e9 del estado actual del proyecto 1000 Lunas y compartir\u00e9 nuevos v\u00eddeos de mi proceso y de las instalaciones. Empezar\u00e9 con una breve descripci\u00f3n de 1000 Lunas para aquellos que no conozcan el proyecto. Se trata de una instalaci\u00f3n art\u00edstica y un proceso de duelo continuo que yo comenc\u00e9 despu\u00e9s de que mis dos abuelos murieran de Covid a principios de 2021. Despu\u00e9s de sus muertes, luch\u00e9 mucho con mi sentido del tiempo. Los d\u00edas y las semanas parec\u00edan muy desconectados e irreales, y me encontr\u00e9 orient\u00e1ndome hacia los ciclos naturales, el ciclo de la luna en particular, como una forma de volver a conectar con el paso del tiempo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As\u00ed que durante todo esto descubr\u00ed que mi abuela hab\u00eda sido testigo de 1175 ciclos de luna llena en sus 94 a\u00f1os de vida. El proyecto 1000 Lunas sigue mi proceso de creaci\u00f3n de las 1175 lunas utilizando c\u00edrculos recortados de papel hecho a mano que estoy haciendo con materiales naturales y recuperados, incluyendo material de la vida de mis abuelos. La instalaci\u00f3n de las 1000 Lunas presenta hilos colgantes de estos c\u00edrculos de luna llena que nos rodean, que es donde me encuentro ahora mismo, imaginando la duraci\u00f3n completa de una vida como un espacio f\u00edsico, como un contexto para nuestras propias vidas y las de nuestros seres queridos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He decidido presentar 1000 Lunas como un proceso, no como un proyecto terminado. Cada conversaci\u00f3n e instalaci\u00f3n comparte mi proceso evolutivo de una manera diferente. Presentar la obra como un proceso es una forma intencional para m\u00ed de centrarme en el duelo como un proceso continuo, y compartiendo la obra invita a la comunidad en el duelo en respuesta directa al aislamiento y la separaci\u00f3n del duelo y la muerte de la vida diaria en la cultura Americana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As\u00ed que esta noche sera la segunda conversaci\u00f3n de la serie en curso. Y tuve algunos pensamientos sobre lo que estar\u00eda listo para esta presentaci\u00f3n, hace meses atras cuando lo estaba planeando, y esas cosas no est\u00e1n todas listas hoy. Y la semana pasada me di cuenta de lo importante que es para m\u00ed estar exactamente donde estoy en este momento, y la importancia de reconocer eso sin juzgar. Que donde estoy no es exactamente donde hab\u00eda planeado estar. Y la presentaci\u00f3n centrada en el proceso del proyecto de las 1000 Lunas mantiene intencionalmente el espacio para eso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este proceso me ha recordado muchas veces que el autocuidado, la autoconciencia, y la autoaceptaci\u00f3n no son cosas que se puedan tachar de una lista de tareas. Dentro de la idea de que est\u00e1 bien no estar bien, siento que es importante reconocer por m\u00ed misma que est\u00e1 bien seguir no estando bien. Est\u00e1 bien que no est\u00e9 bien el a\u00f1o que viene. Est\u00e1 bien estar bien hoy, y luego no estar bien durante toda la pr\u00f3xima semana. Y tambi\u00e9n es importante reconocer que no estar bien tiene un efecto real en el manejo de las responsabilidades y los roles de todo lo dem\u00e1s en la vida. El duelo se ha caracterizado en nuestra cultura como una especie de evento extracurricular o un breve desv\u00edo de la vida normal, y creo que reconocer, honrar y mantener el espacio para el duelo como una parte integral de nuestras vidas normales crea un camino m\u00e1s completo hacia la curaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quiero dedicar unos minutos a honrar a las comunidades que apoyan a 1000 Lunas. Estas conversaciones han sido realmente \u00fatiles para m\u00ed, las conversaciones virtuales, y quiero agradecer a cada uno de ustedes por estar aqu\u00ed y ser parte de este proceso. La oportunidad de hablar sobre esto y compartir mi trabajo en 1000 Lunas ha sido un gran regalo. Vuestro apoyo individual, y el de las organizaciones que han acogido 1000 Lunas, ha hecho un mundo de diferencia. Durante el evento de lanzamiento, la primera conversaci\u00f3n que organic\u00e9 en Octubre del a\u00f1o pasado, anunci\u00e9 una campa\u00f1a actual de GoFundMe para apoyar mi trabajo en 1000 Lunas. Las primeras contribuciones ayudaron a financiar mi trabajo en el evento de lanzamiento y todo mi trabajo desde entonces. Gracias a todos los que han contribuido hasta ahora. Tambi\u00e9n quiero agradecer la financiaci\u00f3n p\u00fablica que he recibido de la beca &#8220;Make Learn Build&#8221; del Consejo Regional de las Artes y la Cultura. Recibir esta ayuda es una afirmaci\u00f3n de la importancia de la vida de mis abuelos, y de la importancia de sus muertes. Crea una comunidad que apoya la importancia de este proceso en todas nuestras vidas. Tambi\u00e9n quiero reconocer a otros que est\u00e1n haciendo este trabajo, cada uno a su manera, para traer el dolor y la muerte de vuelta a nuestra experiencia de vida. Gracias por acompa\u00f1arme en la afirmaci\u00f3n del valor del duelo en nuestras vidas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Han pasado cuatro meses desde que habl\u00e9 por primera vez de 1000 Lunas durante el evento de lanzamiento, y ahora ha pasado un a\u00f1o desde que mis dos abuelos murieron, con cuatro semanas de diferencia, poco despu\u00e9s del noventa y cuatro cumplea\u00f1os de mi abuela. Estos \u00faltimos meses han sido duros para m\u00ed de una manera que no hab\u00eda previsto. No sab\u00eda lo mucho que me afectar\u00edan las fechas del primer aniversario. Y me parec\u00eda mal llamarlos aniversarios, pero me cost\u00f3 encontrar una palabra mejor para ello. As\u00ed que lo busqu\u00e9 en Google. Ya sabes, &#8220;\u00bfcu\u00e1l es otra palabra para aniversario de muerte?&#8221;, y descubr\u00ed que hay una palabra especial para la celebraci\u00f3n del d\u00eda de la muerte de un ser querido en los idiomas de China, Corea, India, Filipinas, Vietnam, Jap\u00f3n, y en el Hebreo. Algunos tambi\u00e9n tienen una palabra diferente para la celebraci\u00f3n del primer aniversario de una muerte, que es en el que me encuentro ahora, y otros tienen una palabra diferente para las celebraciones mensuales del d\u00eda de la muerte. Los idiomas crean palabras para expresar lo que es importante para esa cultura. As\u00ed que en estas culturas, no s\u00f3lo hay una palabra creada s\u00f3lo para el d\u00eda de la muerte, sino que es una palabra para la celebraci\u00f3n de ese d\u00eda. Se trata de una forma de apoyo cultural para reconocer la importancia de estas fechas en la vida de todos nosotros. Al no tener nada de ese contexto en mi propia cultura Americana, me sorprendi\u00f3 mucho lo dif\u00edcil y significativo que han sido esas fechas para m\u00ed. No lo vi venir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Era importante para m\u00ed pasar ambos d\u00edas de la muerte de mis abuelos de una manera intencional que se sintiera sanadora y conectada con ellos. Acab\u00e9 grabando un v\u00eddeo para 1000 Lunas en ambos d\u00edas, y voy a proporcionar algo de contexto antes de mostrar el primer v\u00eddeo. No hab\u00eda hecho ninguna hoja de papel nueva en unos meses y apenas hab\u00eda trabajado recortando lunas de las hojas que me hab\u00edan sobrado de mi \u00faltima sesi\u00f3n de creaci\u00f3n de papel. Antes de los d\u00edas de fiesta, compr\u00e9 una lata del t\u00e9 favorito de mi abuelo, y estuvo en mi cuarto de trabajo durante meses mientras luchaba con la forma de interpretar el cumplea\u00f1os de mi abuela, luego la Navidad y el A\u00f1o Nuevo y despu\u00e9s el d\u00eda de su muerte. Esos d\u00edas de hitos de un a\u00f1o no fueron experiencias da\u00f1inas, pero fueron experiencias dif\u00edciles que requirieron mucha de mi energ\u00eda, con toda la alegr\u00eda y el recuerdo y la pena, el amor y el desconocimiento, y encontrar mi camino en una cultura que realmente no proporciona mucho espacio para apoyar el impacto que estas fechas tienen en nuestras vidas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As\u00ed que no estaba haciendo papel y sobre todo no estaba haciendo lunas. El d\u00eda de la muerte de mi abuelo, hace 10 d\u00edas atras, tom\u00e9 la lata de su t\u00e9 y empec\u00e9 a hacer papel nuevo con ella, el primer papel nuevo que hac\u00eda en siete meses. As\u00ed que este v\u00eddeo sobre el proceso de fabricaci\u00f3n de papel que van a ver fue grabado en los \u00faltimos 10 d\u00edas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahora el v\u00eddeo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1000 Moons - Papermaking\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h7_MXUTKFAA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As\u00ed que este es el t\u00e9, y la pulpa de papel en \u00e9l es reciclado de algod\u00f3n trapo estera. Y tengo una bandeja realmente grande para hacer grandes hojas de papel. Eso era s\u00f3lo m\u00e1s eficiente porque estoy haciendo tantas lunas fuera de \u00e9l, pero he descubierto que realmente me gusta las enormes hojas de papel. Me he encari\u00f1ado con ellas, tal y como son. Y el proceso de hacer el papel es una parte enorme del proceso del proyecto, as\u00ed que estoy muy contenta de haber podido hacer esta filmaci\u00f3n. Y la filmaci\u00f3n tambi\u00e9n se ha convertido ahora en una gran parte del proceso para m\u00ed. Es otra forma de conectar con el trabajo, he descubierto, y de pensar en lo que quiero que la gente vea. M\u00e1s all\u00e1 de las lunas terminadas, o incluso de las hojas de papel terminadas, es que yo haga esto, es una gran parte de 1000 Lunas. La creaci\u00f3n de las hojas de papel y el hecho de volver a cortarlas de nuevo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El olor tambi\u00e9n se ha convertido en una parte importante del proyecto, y eso es algo que no se puede captar en el v\u00eddeo. Pero este es un t\u00e9 negro muy fuerte y estoy usando agua fr\u00eda, pero hice la fabricaci\u00f3n de papel en el transcurso de una semana. As\u00ed que b\u00e1sicamente hice una infusi\u00f3n en fr\u00edo. Y el olor del t\u00e9 durante toda la semana fue realmente, fue un regalo que no esperaba, conseguir esa conexi\u00f3n y ese recuerdo de nuevo. M\u00e1s adelante en este proceso de v\u00eddeo estoy trabajando con algas, algas marinas, de la costa donde viv\u00edan en Maine, y de nuevo ese olor, el olor de las algas, es s\u00f3lo, es una conexi\u00f3n y una alegr\u00eda para tener eso. Y el papel seco todav\u00eda huele ligeramente a t\u00e9 y algas y tambi\u00e9n a papel viejo, a libros viejos, del papel que puse all\u00ed. Y todos esos olores han sido realmente fundamentales para la memoria y la conexi\u00f3n y la experiencia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tambi\u00e9n he pensado en a\u00f1adirles el sonido a estos, pero eso es algo en lo que no he tenido la oportunidad de enfocarme realmente. Tengo muchas ideas sobre el sonido que quiero poner, y eso vendr\u00e1 m\u00e1s adelante. Estoy ansioso por ello. Parte de ello, estoy pensando, es el sonido de lo que est\u00e1 sucediendo en este momento, y parte es la memoria, los recuerdos sonoros del pasado. Una especie de superposici\u00f3n de lo que estoy haciendo ahora con lo que estoy pensando mientras lo hago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As\u00ed que esos son peque\u00f1os trozos de algas que he picado, adem\u00e1s de tener los trozos m\u00e1s grandes, y esto tambi\u00e9n son fragmentos de partituras. As\u00ed que en este lote tengo algas, partituras, t\u00e9, y tambi\u00e9n las hojas de lirio de d\u00eda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Y m\u00e1s o menos s\u00e9 c\u00f3mo hacer papel, pero sacar hojas enormes como esta y, ya sabes, hacerlo de una manera realmente diferente, con todo este material que se puede ver, que no est\u00e1 mezclado, ha sido una exploraci\u00f3n divertida. S\u00f3lo para ver c\u00f3mo las cosas resultaron es, ya sabes, muchas de las hojas de papel sali\u00f3 de una manera que no esperaba, y eso fue una sorpresa muy divertida para m\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As\u00ed que las aplasto en la tabla, las dejo secar toda la noche, las despego de la tabla y veo lo que he creado. Esto es solo t\u00e9 sin nada m\u00e1s a\u00f1adido, y me emocion\u00f3 mucho descubrir que me recuerda al helado de chocolate. Lo cual no es intencional, simplemente, as\u00ed es como se ve\u00eda. Y la parte de atr\u00e1s, el t\u00e9 manch\u00f3 el papel. As\u00ed que en el lado izquierdo es la parte posterior de una hoja, y en el lado derecho es el frente. Y el reverso de muchas de estas hojas (esta es la misma hoja por delante y por detr\u00e1s, el reverso est\u00e1 a la derecha) casi parece una especie de f\u00f3sil, o simplemente una impresi\u00f3n de algo que es del pasado, en el reverso m\u00e1s que en el anverso. Y eso tambi\u00e9n me gusta mucho. As\u00ed que cuando las lunas est\u00e1n expuestas, giran, y as\u00ed puedes ver la parte trasera y la delantera en cada una de ellas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As\u00ed que ese fue el primer video, y estoy realmente emocionada de haber tenido la oportunidad de hacer ese video, y de hacer ese trabajo realmente recientemente. Y tambi\u00e9n necesito seguir reaprendiendo por m\u00ed misma, y compartiendo como parte del proceso, que no puedo hacer este trabajo sin crear constantemente, o repetidamente, un espacio para descansar, reflexionar, y sanar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nuestra cultura orientada a la productividad no incluye naturalmente este espacio, pero a menudo es donde encuentro el mayor crecimiento. He tratado de incluir mi propio autocuidado y descanso como parte activa de mi pr\u00e1ctica art\u00edstica p\u00fablica. As\u00ed que compartir\u00e9 que la semana pasada me enfoqu\u00e9 en hacer todo este papel nuevo y filmar el proceso. Y lo que eso significa en tiempo real, es que no cumpl\u00ed con otros plazos, no contest\u00e9 los correos electr\u00f3nicos, y empec\u00e9 muy tarde cada ma\u00f1ana, porque mi cuerpo necesitaba dormir m\u00e1s cada d\u00eda. La pr\u00f3xima semana me tomar\u00e9 tiempo personal todo el lunes y el jueves, y s\u00e9 que necesitar\u00e9 m\u00e1s tiempo despu\u00e9s. Existe la idea de que si amamos nuestro trabajo, no deber\u00edamos necesitar tiempo libre, y en mi caso he descubierto que eso es simplemente falso. Si no tuviera tiempo para descansar, no podr\u00eda seguir haciendo este trabajo. El duelo ha sido un proceso constante, sea o no el centro de mis pensamientos y acciones en cualquier momento, y eso tiene repercusiones en mi capacidad para mantener todo el resto del trabajo que hago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pasar tiempo en las instalaciones de 1000 Lunas se ha convertido realmente en un espacio de tranquilidad y acogedor para m\u00ed. Y no he hecho una discusi\u00f3n sobre esto desde que puse dos instalaciones. As\u00ed que la \u00faltima discusi\u00f3n, no hab\u00eda tenido la oportunidad de experimentarlas excepto en mi estudio, y he encontrado que es simplemente, es un espacio en el que quiero estar, y eso fue realmente un regalo. Y el tiempo no programado que necesito, despu\u00e9s de haber pasado una sesi\u00f3n intensa de tiempo con una de las instalaciones, es igualmente importante para que mi esp\u00edritu honre este proceso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As\u00ed que pas\u00e9 el d\u00eda de la muerte de mi abuela con la instalaci\u00f3n que estaba en el Crema Art Annex, en el sureste de Portland. Estaba haciendo un proceso de filmaci\u00f3n en profundidad de la instalaci\u00f3n, y tambi\u00e9n desmont\u00e1ndola. Desmontar la exposici\u00f3n me pareci\u00f3 una oportunidad para volver a conectar con la obra, con mi abuela y con el a\u00f1o que ha pasado desde su muerte. Y eso es algo nuevo para m\u00ed, para desmontar una exposici\u00f3n, sentir que es otra oportunidad para estar con la obra. Y es parte del proceso, ya sabes, no es s\u00f3lo el final de la exposici\u00f3n. As\u00ed que el v\u00eddeo de instalaci\u00f3n es el siguiente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1000 Moons Fall 2021 installations\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h2zv_SZkGCE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El proyecto es 1000 Lunas, pero a\u00fan no he terminado con las 1000 lunas. As\u00ed que cada instalaci\u00f3n he estado nombrando como el n\u00famero de lunas en la instalaci\u00f3n y el n\u00famero de a\u00f1os que representa. As\u00ed que este es 22 A\u00f1os 270 Lunas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Y esta fue, filmando esto en Enero, la primera vez que realmente sent\u00ed que la filmaci\u00f3n se hab\u00eda convertido en una parte importante de mi proceso, y una manera de verlo, y conectar con \u00e9l, y compartirlo, que no ten\u00eda antes. Este es tambi\u00e9n el v\u00eddeo en el que empec\u00e9 a pensar mucho en el sonido, en los sonidos del momento presente y tambi\u00e9n en los sonidos de la memoria superpuestos. As\u00ed que me entusiasma explorar eso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quer\u00eda que las lunas se movieran todo el tiempo que estuvieran expuestas. As\u00ed que en esta instalaci\u00f3n, tengo un peque\u00f1o ventilador funcionando en la esquina detr\u00e1s de la ventana. Pero si est\u00e1n en un espacio que no es una ventana cerrada como esta, donde la gente se mueve a trav\u00e9s del espacio, simplemente se mueven de forma natural. Cuando pasas la mano por delante de ellos, cuando pasas por delante de ellos, est\u00e1n en una cuerda realmente ligera, as\u00ed que responden a cualquiera que est\u00e9 presente en el espacio con ellos. Hace poco le ense\u00f1\u00e9 a una amiga un peque\u00f1o clip de ellos desde mi tel\u00e9fono y me dijo: &#8220;Parece que est\u00e1n vivos&#8221;. Lo cual no creo que haya pensado a fondo, pero me gust\u00f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me gustaron mucho los reflejos de esta instalaci\u00f3n en la ventana. Aquello era desde fuera, esto es mirando al mismo \u00e1rbol del que era el reflejo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fue interesante tenerla en un espacio urbano tan p\u00fablico, con gente caminando, coches pasando, est\u00e1 enfrente de la cafeter\u00eda Crema. Y el hecho de que se mantuviera all\u00ed, como una presencia que permanec\u00eda mientras la gente pasaba y segu\u00eda con su vida, fue realmente interesante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As\u00ed que al final de la instalaci\u00f3n, mientras retiraba todo esto y lo empaquetaba, dej\u00e9 dos hilos. S\u00f3lo para tomar un minuto para honrar esa cantidad de tiempo de un a\u00f1o, 12 lunas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Y esta fue una instalaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s peque\u00f1a y m\u00e1s corta que solamente estuvo durante unas semanas, en el centro de Portland, alrededor de un pilar espejado. Y fue muy divertido tener las lunas reflejadas en el espejo. As\u00ed que cada una de ellas es realmente diferente, espec\u00edfica para el lugar, y responde al entorno en el que se encuentra. Y estoy deseando que las futuras instalaciones tambi\u00e9n sean realmente su propio trabajo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He descubierto que tengo una luna favorita, y es \u00e9sta. Siempre que hago fotos de la instalaci\u00f3n, de alguna manera me las arreglo para encontrar esa y tomarle un mont\u00f3n de fotos, y no me di cuenta hasta ayer en realidad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ten\u00eda una visi\u00f3n en mi mente de c\u00f3mo quer\u00eda que fuera la exposici\u00f3n final de las 1000 lunas. As\u00ed que prepar\u00e9 una prueba con 192 lunas, es decir, una quinta parte del total, como un pasillo por el que se puede caminar. Y esto fue montado y filmado hace apenas unos d\u00edas, la semana pasada, creo que fue el viernes pasado. Y ah\u00ed es donde estoy ahora. As\u00ed que en la instalaci\u00f3n final, ser\u00eda un corredor m\u00e1s largo. El corredor continuar\u00eda m\u00e1s lejos, y ser\u00edas capaz de progresar a trav\u00e9s de la experiencia de los a\u00f1os de una vida, mientras caminas hacia adelante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As\u00ed que, como mis abuelos murieron de Covid, mi proceso de duelo de este a\u00f1o ha incluido el reto adicional de manejar el estado actual del mundo, y el amplio rango de respuestas a Covid en la gente que me rodea. Y eso ha tenido un efecto enorme en mi proceso de duelo, y tambi\u00e9n ha sido la parte m\u00e1s dif\u00edcil la de hablar de esto. Y esta es la primera vez que hablo de ello, m\u00e1s de un a\u00f1o despu\u00e9s. Creo que una de las razones por las que veo tanto valor en el proceso de duelo comunitario, es que para m\u00ed este a\u00f1o, las conversaciones individuales han sido en su mayor\u00eda demasiado duras. Es un gran desaf\u00edo para m\u00ed ahora para sentirme c\u00f3moda interactuando con los dem\u00e1s, no s\u00f3lo debido a la amenaza f\u00edsica de Covid por reunirse en persona, sino por el aspecto emocional de responder a una conversaci\u00f3n casual sobre Covid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Es natural que se experimente miedo por este trastorno extendido, y a menudo ese miedo ha llevado a una cantidad de falta de amabilidad y una cantidad de negacionismo. Eso tambi\u00e9n es natural. El reto para m\u00ed ha sido que no puedo separar eso de la muerte de mis abuelos. As\u00ed que estaba pensando en c\u00f3mo contextualizar esto. Y pens\u00e9 en el otro trabajo que estaba haciendo, y que sigo haciendo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antes de su muerte, mi pr\u00e1ctica art\u00edstica se centraba en una serie de instalaciones interactivas con la comunidad llamadas Ghost Net Landscape. Traje toneladas de aparejos de pesca recuperados, que son una de las principales fuentes de contaminaci\u00f3n de los oc\u00e9anos, y cre\u00e9 un espacio libre y abierto para que los visitantes hicieran algo hermoso y nuevo con los materiales. Ghost Net Landscape abord\u00f3 realmente el duelo clim\u00e1tico y la negaci\u00f3n del clima, honrando nuestro momento presente sin excusarlo, y creando un espacio para trabajar juntos en un crecimiento transformador y centrado en el futuro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me parece tanto que la crisis clim\u00e1tica como Covid han tenido cierto cruce al ser globalmente compartidas, desgarradoras, y crisis impulsadas por el ser humano que est\u00e1n transformando nuestro mundo y afectando a todas nuestras vidas. Esto es enorme, y la negaci\u00f3n, la ira, el miedo y la desesperanza, de nuevo, son reacciones naturales. Y creo que en cierto modo han sido un reto tan grande como la existencia del pl\u00e1stico en el oc\u00e9ano y como la existencia del virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He luchado por encontrar una manera de comunicar el da\u00f1o de las muertes de mis abuelos, de Covid en particular, y el da\u00f1o de esa agitaci\u00f3n continua -la ira, la negaci\u00f3n- que hay en todas nuestras vidas, sin causar da\u00f1o a los dem\u00e1s. Ninguno de nosotros puede arreglar esto solo. Todos compartimos la tierra, y todos compartimos la responsabilidad, pero la responsabilidad no es lo mismo que la culpa. La culpa castiga el pasado, y la responsabilidad cuida el futuro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La compasi\u00f3n es la \u00fanica respuesta que he encontrado para m\u00ed que no causa m\u00e1s da\u00f1o. La compasi\u00f3n no justifica ni excusa el comportamiento da\u00f1ino. Reconoce la ira, el miedo y el juicio, al tiempo que nos recuerda que la ira, el miedo, y el juicio no son nuestro verdadero norte. La compasi\u00f3n crea un espacio para el crecimiento, en nosotros mismos y en los dem\u00e1s. Por eso, aunque no me daba cuenta de lo que estaba haciendo, pero esta es la raz\u00f3n por la que 1000 Lunas se cre\u00f3 como un espacio para presenciar y compartir toda la extensi\u00f3n de una vida. Es un espacio para la compasi\u00f3n, como el Ghost Net Landscape. Invitar a otros al espacio lo convierte en un espacio para todas nuestras historias superpuestas, nuestros recuerdos y nuestros futuros, no s\u00f3lo un monumento para mis abuelos. Creo que nos beneficiar\u00edamos de una mayor compasi\u00f3n en el mundo, y de un mayor crecimiento, y mi esperanza es que la experiencia compartida de 1000 Lunas cree un espacio para ello.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tengo algunos anuncios emocionantes sobre los pr\u00f3ximos eventos de 1000 Lunas que se compartir\u00e1n en el pr\u00f3ximo a\u00f1o. Mi tercera conversaci\u00f3n de la serie ser\u00e1 una entrevista en el podcast Omni Open Studios. Se publicar\u00e1 en Junio. Y estoy en conversaciones para realizar una exposici\u00f3n f\u00edsica de 1000 Lunas en el nuevo Reser Center for the Arts de Beaverton a finales de este a\u00f1o. Y en 2023, que suena lejano pero que en realidad no lo es, expondr\u00e9 una muestra individual con 1000 Lunas y m\u00e1s obras en mi proceso de duelo, en el Centro C\u00edvico de Hillsboro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Las nuevas contribuciones a la campa\u00f1a GoFundMe de las 1000 Lunas financiar\u00e1n mi trabajo para crearlas como presentaciones accesibles, en l\u00ednea, impresas, y en persona. Vuestras contribuciones tambi\u00e9n apoyar\u00e1n el tiempo intermedio, de descanso y reflexi\u00f3n. As\u00ed que voy a incluir un enlace en el chat, cuando haya dejado de hablar, para contribuir a la campa\u00f1a y un enlace a la p\u00e1gina web del proyecto 1000 Lunas. Ah\u00ed est\u00e1 el calendario de los pr\u00f3ximos eventos. Tambi\u00e9n puede suscribirse a mi bolet\u00edn de noticias por correo electr\u00f3nico para recibir recordatorios de estos eventos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ese es el fin de mi presentaci\u00f3n formal oficial. Gracias a todos por estar aqu\u00ed para compartir este espacio. Vamos a pasar ahora a las preguntas y respuestas que ser\u00e1n grabadas. Y despu\u00e9s de las preguntas y respuestas habr\u00e1 una conversaci\u00f3n abierta que no ser\u00e1 grabada. Pueden escribir sus preguntas en el chat para el P&amp;R, o simplemente pueden quitarse el silencio para hablar. Voy a trabajar para poner esos enlaces en el chat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Anfitri\u00f3n<\/em>: Y Emily voy a mantener un ojo en el chat. Si alguien quiere escribir una pregunta para Emily all\u00ed, puedo leerla en voz alta para ella.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Y hasta que alguien m\u00e1s haga una pregunta con valent\u00eda, Emily, yo s\u00ed tengo una pregunta. Mientras hablabas, me conmovi\u00f3 ver c\u00f3mo creabas el papel y las cosas que incorporabas en \u00e9l, y s\u00f3lo el proceso f\u00edsico de hacer el papel con tus manos. \u00bfMe preguntaba si, mientras reflexionabas sobre las vidas de tus abuelos y hac\u00edas el papel, buscabas conscientemente diferentes cosas para a\u00f1adir, para representar diferentes partes de sus vidas, o si el papel est\u00e1 cambiando con el tiempo mientras creas este proyecto?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily<\/em>: S\u00ed. Gracias por la pregunta. Creo que mientras estoy haciendo el papel, normalmente estoy en el proceso y no pienso mucho en otras cosas que a\u00f1adir. Estoy m\u00e1s bien experimentando lo que hay en ese momento. Las cosas que he elegido hasta ahora tienen recuerdos y conexiones tan fuertes para m\u00ed, que s\u00f3lo quiero experimentar esos materiales. De hecho, pens\u00e9 en usar hojas de lirio de d\u00eda por una raz\u00f3n t\u00e9cnica. As\u00ed que es algo en lo que estoy pensando mientras hago el papel. No estoy utilizando ning\u00fan tipo de fibra larga, por lo que el papel es muy f\u00e1cil de romper si no tienes una fibra larga. Y las hojas de lirio de d\u00eda son, ya sabes, as\u00ed de largas, y proporcionan ese apoyo extra. As\u00ed que no ten\u00eda esos en el primer lote que hice. Y mi abuela amaba la jardiner\u00eda, de una manera que no puedo exagerar, era realmente importante para su vida. Y su jard\u00edn de lirios de d\u00eda, en particular, era muy importante para su vida. As\u00ed que a\u00f1adir esos materiales fue algo en lo que pens\u00e9 mientras hac\u00eda el papel. El t\u00e9 fue un pensamiento posterior, y no se me ocurri\u00f3 mientras hac\u00eda el papel. Fue mientras pensaba en ellos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Anfitri\u00f3n<\/em>: Bien tenemos, gracias Emily, tenemos una pregunta en el chat de Eryn. &#8220;\u00bfConsiderar\u00edas compartir un recuerdo con cada secci\u00f3n de 1000 lunas o cada a\u00f1o?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily<\/em>: S\u00ed, creo que estoy lista para hacer eso. Si me hubieras preguntado eso durante el evento de lanzamiento, habr\u00eda dicho que no. Y que, de nuevo, presentar este proyecto como un proceso ha sido realmente beneficioso para m\u00ed. Porque me estoy dando cuenta de que hoy estoy aqu\u00ed y hace cuatro meses estaba en otro lugar, y ma\u00f1ana estar\u00e9 en otro lugar. Puedo garantizarte que ma\u00f1ana estar\u00e9 en otro lugar, emocionalmente, despu\u00e9s de hacer este evento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Creo que hasta hace poco fue asi, lo ten\u00eda demasiado cerca como para querer compartir recuerdos. Pero creo que, eso es algo que en realidad es el tema, el que gu\u00eda la conversaci\u00f3n abierta de esta noche que no ser\u00e1 grabada, es la memoria. Gracias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Anfitri\u00f3n<\/em>: Muy bien y \u00bfalguien quiere quitarse el silencio y hacer una pregunta?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Gwyn<\/em>: Hola Emily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily<\/em>: Hola Gwyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Gwyn<\/em>: Hola, estaba pensando en esto mientras nos ense\u00f1abas el v\u00eddeo. Tienes todas estas espectaculares im\u00e1genes de v\u00eddeo que est\u00e1s haciendo. Cuando se graba algo as\u00ed y se lleva a cabo el proceso de creaci\u00f3n de la parte de v\u00eddeo, por supuesto, hay mucho m\u00e1s trabajo que no creo que la gente se d\u00e9 cuenta de que los artistas tambi\u00e9n tienen que hacer como parte de su proceso. Y t\u00fa hab\u00edas dicho que era como si se hubiera convertido en parte del proceso. Y supongo que ten\u00eda curiosidad, \u00bfes como llevar un diario o casi como capturar estos momentos se siente como algo que est\u00e1s tomando como su propio tipo de memoria?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily<\/em>: S\u00ed. S\u00ed, es interesante porque es una capa de trabajo totalmente diferente. Hacer el trabajo y filmar el trabajo al mismo tiempo es como un doble trabajo. Y es un trabajo de arte, ya sabes, los \u00e1ngulos de la c\u00e1mara y averiguar lo que quieres mostrar. Y yo no tengo entrenamiento en video. Soy una fot\u00f3grafa, pero una fot\u00f3grafa de im\u00e1genes est\u00e1ticas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Gwyn<\/em>: Pero lo est\u00e1s aprendiendo ahora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily<\/em>: Exactamente, s\u00ed, aprendes lo que necesitas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Gwyn<\/em>: As\u00ed es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily<\/em>: Pero s\u00ed, creo que realmente se ha convertido en algo importante para m\u00ed hacer los v\u00eddeos y hacerlos bien, y seguir filmando partes del proceso como una especie de diario. Eso se convierte en parte de este proyecto orientado al proceso, y s\u00f3lo una forma de compartir c\u00f3mo lo veo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Gwyn<\/em>: Y conectar es lo que hacemos los artistas. De eso se trata, \u00bfno?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily<\/em>: S\u00ed, y creo que, especialmente en el caso de las instalaciones que realizo, quiero que sea un espacio en el que se trate de la conexi\u00f3n y la experiencia compartida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Gwyn<\/em>: Bueno, es realmente genial, me encanta el v\u00eddeo. Lo est\u00e1s haciendo muy bien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily<\/em>: Gracias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Christine<\/em>: Hola Emily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily<\/em>: Hola Christine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Christine<\/em>: Hola. Este trabajo es tan conmovedor por muchas razones. As\u00ed que tengo curiosidad por saber, ya sabes, <a>esto es una invitaci\u00f3n a un p\u00fablico para participar en esto.<\/a><a href=\"#_msocom_13\">[13]<\/a>&nbsp; \u00bfTienes alg\u00fan familiar que est\u00e9 participando en \u00e9l? \u00bfPersonas que tienen la p\u00e9rdida compartida?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily<\/em>: S\u00ed. He pensado mucho en eso y he tenido una variaci\u00f3n de esa pregunta anteriormente. Y me llev\u00f3 un tiempo pensar en ello. S\u00ed, esto est\u00e1 absolutamente abierto a toda mi familia. Les env\u00edo boletines por correo electr\u00f3nico y reciben la notificaci\u00f3n. Pero lo que me he dado cuenta es que, aunque cada uno de nosotros ha pasado por este proceso de duelo por las mismas dos personas a su manera, todos sabemos lo dif\u00edcil que fue. Y estoy haciendo 1000 Lunas para el p\u00fablico. Para la gente que no ha pasado por esto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No pudimos reunirnos despu\u00e9s, y creo que todos seguimos resolvi\u00e9ndolo a nuestra manera. Y esta es mi manera. Pero no estoy segura de que sea la forma correcta para nadie m\u00e1s en mi familia. Todos tenemos relaciones tan diferentes con, quiero decir con todos, \u00bfverdad? Pero yo, s\u00ed, algunos miembros de mi familia han contribuido y eso ha sido realmente genial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Christine<\/em>: S\u00e9 que la familia puede ser una cosa tan cargada para los artistas en la forma en que responden a nosotros, as\u00ed que es por eso que me pregunto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily<\/em>: S\u00ed. Mi familia ha sido estupenda y me ha apoyado mucho, lo cual es, s\u00e9 que tengo mucha suerte de tenerla y siempre la he tenido. Y eso ha sido muy \u00fatil, creo que para m\u00ed, no s\u00f3lo para este proyecto, pero s\u00f3lo en general como artista. Pero esto en particular, realmente sent\u00ed que esto es algo que necesito hacer para m\u00ed y para el p\u00fablico, y est\u00e1 ah\u00ed para mi familia si se siente bien para ellos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Anfitri\u00f3n<\/em>: Emily tenemos otra pregunta en el chat. Carol pregunta,&#8221; \u00bfCrees que en el futuro podr\u00e1s utilizar diferentes tipos de iluminaci\u00f3n para las instalaciones?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily<\/em>: S\u00ed, por supuesto. En realidad esta instalaci\u00f3n se ve mejor con una iluminaci\u00f3n diferente, pero no puedes verme con la mejor iluminaci\u00f3n. As\u00ed que tuve que hacer una especie de compromiso porque esto es para un Zoom. Pero s\u00ed, la iluminaci\u00f3n realmente cambia la forma en que se ven, y eso me encanta. As\u00ed que s\u00ed, cada instalaci\u00f3n va a estar en su propio espacio, va a tener su propia iluminaci\u00f3n, y eso va a ser muy divertido.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Cherie<\/em>: \u00bfPuedo hacer una pregunta? \u00bfVas a hacer alguna exhibici\u00f3n en Maine, de donde eran?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily<\/em>: He solicitado la residencia en la Haystack School of Crafts, que est\u00e1 a tres millas de la casa de mis abuelos. Es en Mayo, la residencia, y si la consigo entonces estar\u00e9 all\u00ed haciendo este trabajo, pero no tengo conexi\u00f3n con ning\u00fan otro espacio en Deer Isle. En realidad ser\u00eda interesante acercarme a la Asociaci\u00f3n de Artistas de Deer Isle en el pueblo de Deer Isle y ver si est\u00e1n interesados. No hab\u00eda pensado en ello. He estado yendo all\u00ed toda mi vida, conozco la zona muy bien, pero no hab\u00eda pensado en eso. Gracias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Anfitri\u00f3n<\/em>: Emily hay un comentario en el chat de Joyce y Tim Gabriel que dice: &#8220;Tu trabajo habla much\u00edsimo y lo compartes maravillosamente. Gracias.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily<\/em>: Gracias Joyce y Tim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As\u00ed que si nadie tiene m\u00e1s preguntas o comentarios que quieran publicar &#8211; \u00faltima llamada &#8211; creo que podemos pasar a la conversaci\u00f3n abierta, que voy a editar del v\u00eddeo. No se publicar\u00e1 en l\u00ednea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Anfitri\u00f3n<\/em>: Hay un \u00faltimo comentario de Peggy. &#8220;Gracias. Estamos enormemente orgullosos de ti&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Emily<\/em>: Esa es mi familia. 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