Ode to a Cello hypha-gallery-catford where they have been for

where they have been for some time

She gently lays the child on a piece of sky

offering a contemplative anchor in shifting landscapes

Going beyond a simple representation of nature

and the observation that the spiritual experience is beyond that which the rational mind can effectively describe

Ode to a Cello hypha-gallery-catford where they have been forOde to a cello is a nod to Claes Oldenburgs Soft Viola (2002) made in collaboration with his wife and creative partner Coosje van Bruggen. The instrument as a body The body as an instrument The first strings were gut. The first rope was plant fibre and sinew. Long before the instrument there was the animal, revered, depicted on cave walls with care, approached with ceremony. Somewhere that reverence became use. The body was strung and the cosmic