Bit 23

Bit 23, 2022, wool on panel  27 in x 25 7/8 in Trish Andersen original  *Ships post exhibition closing Nov 15th* Charms, and amulets, totems, talismans, superstitions, and omens have been observed and employed by human beings since the beginning of our time. Used to bring luck and strength, fortune, inspiration, health, hope, to act as supernatural sources of power or protection to ward off evil or harm- or at times to invite it in. We are creatures of symbol and metaphor who -knowingly or not- unceasingly imbue places, events, and objects with meaning. Luck is defined as the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life. Like beauty, it appears to be in the eye of the beholder. Though influenced by innumerable factors and variables, ultimately, we get to decide whether something is coincidence or synchronicity, disaster or adventure, fortune or a fluke, or whether it means nothing at all. Is life a string of moments looped together and linked or