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Emily Foucart's avatar

May we always be able to, from time to time, step aside to see the larger picture. May we keep our minds open.

Love these works here, Duane, xx

Duane Toops's avatar

What a perfect benediction! Thank you so much for adding this! Thank you Emily!

Vanessa's avatar

Thank you- so poignant to the work I am

Making atm; old black and white photos of family long gone, some I knew , many I did not ; making meaning with an unknown and lost past

Duane Toops's avatar

Thank you! You project sounds fantastic! Can’t wait to see where you go with it!

Andrea Fisher's avatar

As always Duane, powerful and beautiful. It reminded me of the many broken pieces that brought me into this world. My path required a complete unraveling, that led to (after years of doing the inner work) a complete surrender. I don’t know if all humans have to strip to their bare bones to find their place of home within themselves, but I had to. It was my path to freedom. Hugs from- today - the gorgeous Finger Lakes. Xo. I FORGOT- the first collage is a powerhouse of stories!

Duane Toops's avatar

Thanks so much Andrea! I relate to this so much. I’ve certainly been one of the ones that has had to be taken a part and undone. I’m not back together yet, still fractured and incomplete. Still looking for where home is and what it might mean. Maybe someday. Maybe someday. Thanks again!

Mahira S.'s avatar

Awww

Paul Wittenberger's avatar

Thank you, Duane, for all you do, for all you make, and all you are! Merry Christmas, Friend!

Duane Toops's avatar

Thank you so much Paul! You’re always so uplifting and it always means so much to me!

Paul Wittenberger's avatar

I have room for another piece or two, but it will have to wait for the new year!

Duane Toops's avatar

Haha, no worries! They’ll be plenty ready for you when you are. Hope you have a great Christmas!

Patris's avatar

Your perception is philosophy. Your philosophy, wisdom.

And your work, which I love, encompasses all of it. 🙏

Duane Toops's avatar

Thank you! This is hits such a deep chord for me, because that encompassing, that joining together of all these things, is exactly what I'm always after. The incarnated embodiment of ideals.