NO, I AM NOT WASTING MY TIME

2009 H40"x W30" Mixed media with pearls,bell and fishing line on canvas. Virginie Sommet creates a piece getting beyond the "thinking" into a deeper state of meditation and awareness. With meditation she explores a higher state of consciousness and creativity. Before starting the piece, she practices Zazen Meditation(Japanese). While she threads the pearls on the fishing line she is doing a performance in Manhattan of self-discipline, focus and determination to ignore the chaos of the city.