This is a photographer friend of mine being interviewed about one of her books.
Q. How did you choose the water theme?
A. My interest in mineral waters evolved from meeting the surrealist
painter, Leonora Carrington in Mexico where I went to recover from a break
up of my engagement. She told me to heal in Mexico you either have to do
mushrooms or “take the waters.” I chose water and she guided me to
Ixtapan where I soaked in a bathhouse with Indians. They taught me to put
water on my heart to heal my soul – in their language “washing away
physical and mental ghosts making them sick.” I was impressed by this
experience and researched other spas and set out to photograph them. My
water images encourage the viewer to explore the isolated unknown in
nature and be transported toward natural mysteries. The images orchestrate
a paradigm for absorbing nature into our consciousness.
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