Roberta Allen / Artist / Writer / Teacher
THINKING ABOUT THOUGHT
In this series of 100+ image/text draw-ings, I continue to explore how language informs or changes our perception of images. I use this conjunction to probe our interior worlds with more than a hint of humor. Though our thoughts determine how we perceive ourselves and the world and determine what we attract to ourselves, thought remains a mystery. We know that the firing of neurons, the transfer of an electrical pulse to other neurons is what underlies every thought and that combinations of neurons fire in set patterns. Within my subjective framework, I combine imaginary neural patterns with text. These works evolved out of my long-standing interest, not only in language, but in psychology, consciousness, and spirituality.
Archival ink on archival paper 9" x 6"
Somewhere between the lines, the great truth is hidden. It has rolled under the sofa, and if we could only extend out fingertips a little bit farther, we would have it in our hands.
---Vladimir Nabokov
