Kate Long Hodges | Thorn Blizzard
Through January 5, 2025
Kate Long Hodges is the second Entry Gallery Project Space (EGPS) artist to exhibit her work during the 2024-2025 season.
“Thorn Blizzard gathers thorns like a field of arrows, directing our footsteps back to the center of a circle. Like the dendrochronology of a tree, this center shares a beginning; we are born from a pith and core that connects us to our family roots.
These arrows point toward a particular family story- my father, mother, sister, and brother, sharing roots of growing up on a farm. Family roots inform our being; even within old chaos, perhaps we choose to see humor, or remember beauty, before the imprint fades like a leaf on the ground, dissolving back to earth.
Why have thorns become arrows for me? Through experience, the thorn has told me what the wrong direction is, and the pain of the wrong direction becomes a guide, leading me to move in a dance that follows guidance, a focused energy.
Thorns are respectfully gathered from two places where I spend time: Hawthorns from Vermont, and Agave thorns from Tucson. Acknowledging the symbiotic relationship of these plants, their similar forms grow in vastly different places, speaking of a great interconnectedness.”
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