EngAGE presents
“Not a Still Life”
featuring art work by San Diego Impact Artist, Heather Meglasson
For more information, contact Helene Weinberg:
HeleneEngage@gmail.com
(562)436-0700
Heather Meglasson – Artist Statement:
In my Impact Studio, grunge metal plays loudly. I pull on the head and face gear of my “Shadow Warrior” self and pull both of my arm-length impact brushes off the tool table. I call them “The Challengers.” They look like handfuls of thick surgical tubing with leather wrapped handles for grips, paint loaded and dripping from the ends.
There’s a gratifying sense of anger as I wind them around in an alternating six-point pattern, striking the canvas with rapid-fire blows. In this impassioned moment, I stand in proxy for the muse who rages against the shadow that once made her shrink away from possibility and any feelings of worthiness. Just one of seven layers scratched, beaten, flogged, splashed and accented onto the canvas, symbolically mirroring the human journey through time.
I specifically engineered my experimental Impact Art to exemplify the relationship between the concepts of command and surrender. The dynamic polarization of dominance and submission found in BDSM, and which can be used to cultivate the reclaiming of personal power, inspire the work. This theme weaves throughout my process, using journal therapy, custom impact tools, costumed role playing and performance-art inspired movement.
The “Human Phoenix Project” is created to highlight the energy of servant warriors who inspire me, while providing strong models of compelling leadership through open vulnerability. My vision is to cultivate the reclaiming of personal power, while connecting people through the vulnerable messiness of what it is to be human.
