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To Heaven


8 x 11 Drawing, pencil.

Inspiration:

"Rastafarians regard their dreadlocks as "high-tension cables to heaven"

Ackerman, Diane. "A Natural History of the Senses." p 85.

Statement:

When reading the inspiration statement above it inspired me to create two versions of Stairway to Heaven. The first is something that you would commonly see, with big concrete steps going up to the pearly gates surrounded by an abundance of light. The second is a version that has dreadlocks hanging down from a platform suspended by high-tension cables. In either case, the stairs can be used to reach your final destination after passing on or as a way to see and communicate with those that have passed before you. 

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