Whispers #6, Between Love and Indifference 36" x 27" archival pigment print on paper In late 2020, you had a solo show in Dallas entitled “Notes Toward A Re-Enchantment of the World.” What do you mean by “re-enchantment”? That show, at the Pardieu Gallery in Allen, Texas, was also unsolicited and very encouraging. Like too many galleries, Pardieu was unable to withstand the pressures of the pandemic and closed in January 2021, following the exhibition right after mine that featured the extraordinary portrait photography of Ziesook You. To understand re-enchantment you have to consider disenchantment. The idea of disenchantment is taken from the work of Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor and, before him, German sociologist Max Weber. Both argued that the modern world, with its over-emphasis on the empirical (If something can’t be measured, it does not exist.) has turned nature into a “purposeless mechanism.” By extension, that viewpoint has managed to strip humanity of purpose. Most human activity, including the making of art, ultimately becomes meaningless. I’ll spare you the long-form philosophical arguments, but I simply don’t believe any of that. One reason Whispers #1, What is There Before There is Anything? 36" x 27" archival pigment print on paper 22