I took my eldest son to London for a city break in the middle of July. It was so lovely to have one-to one time with my now sixteen year old. The weather was beautiful, he chose delicious places for us to eat, we went to see a musical which exceeded my expectations and we walked miles seeing the sites. He also discovered various comic book shops which was a lovely way to connect with him and his interests. The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition was on our list of places to visit as the sculptor had a piece included. I think we were both really proud and thrilled to see it in situ alongside a huge collection of art work.
Over the past 15 years we have applied a few times but this year we were successful. We found out when the sculptor was in Saudi Arabia at the opening for the commission at Saudi Lime , both feeling like a huge achievement. Achievement is something I have been thinking about this week as A-levels and GCSE’s results are received. We can sometimes put too much emphasis on the outcome yet at the same time gloss over what we have accomplished. If we think that external accolades will give us something that we already have within we can always feel in lack. As with everything it’s the balance of marrying enough recognition with our own sense of self worth regardless of the achievements we have gained, whilst also patting ourselves on the back when we do achieve something we have been aiming for.
I had not been to a summer exhibition before but whilst we were there we met a lady in her 80’s who stopped to talk to us. She had been every year since the 1950’s, her opinion was that this year was one of the best because of how accessible it was to the viewer. I wondered whether it was because the theme, ‘Only Connect’ (taken from EM Forster’s book Howard’s End) was broad, all encompassing, relevant and literary.
The exhibition has now come to a close and it has been exciting over the past few months to watch via social media people interacting with the work and those speaking about the exhibition.
The title of my husband’s piece, ‘Frequency’, is the resonance formed by the relationship and vibration which is what generates shapes in matter. The word, ‘Frequency’ is derived from the latin ‘frequentia’ which originally denoted a gathering of people. In energetic language, we all give out a certain energy and the people we connect with, meet us on our frequency. We attract what we emit.
Everything connects.
THE SCULPTOR'S WIFE 