Libby Carper

A Flicker Between Awe & Doubt is about experiencing the uncanny in the everyday. When a light source flickers, the glow offers relief and comfort, but the darkness is filled with dread. These moments feel brief, and carried along with their briefness is an indication. An indication of a feeling. A feeling that leaves you with wonder. A wonder that is so big it demands to be answered. The answer is not clear- it shapeshifts. A precise, subtle breeze that comes on so delicately, you wonder if it was yourself that conjured it; for how else could something feel so intimate?

I notice the various bugs and rodents that have taken residence in my house. I hear the quiet, lonely sounds they make that fill my home at night. I think about the chipped-away floorboards and the cracks in my ceiling and the pile of white feathers in my backyard. All of these encounters feel deeply intimate as if they were sent as messengers handing me pieces to a puzzle.

I am fascinated by the urge we have as humans to make sense of our experiences with the cryptic and mysterious. A need to bring to light proof of what seems unknowable and inexplicable.

A Flicker Between Awe & Doubt is about experiencing the uncanny in the everyday. When a light source flickers, the glow offers relief and comfort, but the darkness is filled with dread. These moments feel brief, and carried along with their briefness is an indication. An indication of a feeling. A feeling that leaves you with wonder. A wonder that is so big it demands to be answered. The answer is not clear- it shapeshifts. A precise, subtle breeze that comes on so delicately, you wonder if it was yourself that conjured it; for how else could something feel so intimate?

I notice the various bugs and rodents that have taken residence in my house. I hear the quiet, lonely sounds they make that fill my home at night. I think about the chipped-away floorboards and the cracks in my ceiling and the pile of white feathers in my backyard. All of these encounters feel deeply intimate as if they were sent as messengers handing me pieces to a puzzle.

I am fascinated by the urge we have as humans to make sense of our experiences with the cryptic and mysterious. A need to bring to light proof of what seems unknowable and inexplicable.
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