All Waters are Connected

Piece Description:

Text: Sophia Kidd

This Chinese ink-wash painting once again pictures Betsy Damon’s early life experience of mists rising from the waters of Lake Squam. The emphasis here is upon the way in which waters descend from the sky in a spiral, while also rising from the water to the sky in a spiral manner. The artist believes that all waters are connected, and that waters transform through their phases and states in a complete circle. Water falls onto the earth and then goes back up into the sky. However, there is a small of water that gets constantly added to the amount of water on earth. This comes in the form of water melted off the ice in outer space that gets trapped into our atmosphere. The artist points out that when water falls from the sky, waters in lakes or oceans form droplets which reach up to meet falling drops. She is fascinated by the way these two waters will mingle, and at the length of time it takes them to fully merge into one another.