us © erin faith allen
One day I woke up and realized that it just isn’t about just Me anymore.
It is now, and always has been, about Us.
But, before that day I realized that it just is not about Me ….
I was an artist on a mission. For years my artwork has reflected my personal quest to become a better, happier, more alive person. As my scope of understanding grew, so did the tools and materials that informed and shaped my work.
self portrait with shadow and light © erin faith allen
My compulsion to document life through creativity has been with me since the age of 7, when I was given my first diary with the loving inscription from a dear family friend: ‘Dearest Erin, write down your dreams, poems and memories … Life goes by so fast.’ I took those words to heart, and thus began those first few scribblings in ink, and the quest of self discovery began. Needless to say, the moment I discovered the camera, my obsession with capturing memories in diaries spread to capturing them on film, forming a symbiotic relationship of word and image. Documenting became my way of ensuring that I really am here, that I do exist. I guess you could say I’ve been gathering evidence of a life lived, for 28 years now. My artistic impulse continues to spring from a churning, burning place in me, that needs to process my world by combining words and colors with the images caught in my beloved camera.
untitled © erin faith allen
My cameras and diaries have followed me in my travels across the US, Asia, Europe, and the UK. More importantly these tools have accompanied my reachings and divings into my deepest self, in a blend of curiosity about human nature and a need to understand why I am here … that my life would not go by without my participating in it.
persephone © erin faith allen
These days I have woken up to the bigger picture … and a need to understand All of Us, and why We are here.
together in praha © erin faith allen
… and so A(r)t.One.Ment is born. With an acute sensitivity to the pulse of the planet, I know that something is happening … and so do YOU. I feel passionately about artists gathering together, to tell the tale of our shifting, expanding Universe. The more paradigms we gather into the collective Whole, the more our voices will resonate, grow, and be heard.
brighton © erin faith allen
Following the tradition begun so long ago by a family friend, my words to you are:
‘Dear Everyone, let’s write down our dreams, poems, and memories. Let’s tell our stories. Our life and planet are moving and changing so fast.‘
Our lives are moving … we are in motion … and as artists we are the antennae of Change.
dinosaur and light © erin faith allen
We are here to gather the evidence of life lived … of many lives lived in unison, reaching higher everyday for a better self, constantly widening our point of view for a better perception, unceasingly expanding our own horizons to create a better Earth.
self portrait with the world inside me © erin faith allen
We are all here Now for a reason, and we know it.
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So now it is your turn to tell your story! Send us some of your art, your words, your beliefs, hopes and dreams!
