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Anna Leigh Clem

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Copyright Anna Leigh Clem 2024
Date of Work Sep 2020 - Ongoing
Updated Jul 2021
Location Somerville
Topics Beauty, Belief, Conceptual, Dreams, Emotion, Environment, Fine Art, Freedom, Happiness, Hope, Isolation, Joy, Landscape, Loss, Photography, Spotlight, Street, Yearning
Archival pigment prints
Kingston, NY and Somerville, MA (2017–21)

I walk the city streets in search of solace—it has been decades since I have been surrounded by so much cement. This city is not so different from the urban setting of my childhood home, yet the desire remains to feel “at home” again. I have been in limbo since moving away from my childhood home two decades ago; it was then that I first realized everything is temporary. From an adult perspective, I have come to recognize this constant shift through experience.

What I learned in the garden of my childhood is that I feel most “at home” in the tunnels underneath the ferns. As I wander the city grid, I wonder how we got here; nature is only available in constructed pockets, cracks, and crevices. I am but a visitor to nature, alienated by a slathering of sidewalks, fences, and vinyl siding. From my steamy window I crave the outside, and yet I too must tame the wild. Like the house mice, turkeys, and wildflowers alike, I settle into place.
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