Trust
the Seed
J.D.
Mosiman
2011
18.5”
x 24;5” x 8”
Re-purposed
wood, glass and metal beads,
acrylic
paint, drywall compound, LED,
and
clay from the artist’s property
Rock climbers understand the importance of
trust- their life depends upon it. Climbers place trust in ropes, equipment,
ability, but more importantly, climbers place trust in their team members-
fellow climbers.
Trust
the Seed is about the journey of faith, a journey that J.D. Mosiman sees as
a climb alongside fellow climbers. “Trust
the Seed was produced as a corporate word to the Church. By being in a
group” he says, “you minimize risks. We can be more as a unit than we can as individuals.”
J.D. Mosiman is a conceptual artist who
prayerfully considers the materials he incorporates. For Trust the Seed, he chose clay to represent humans- each uniquely
formed by the artist from clay found on his property. The beads symbolize
relationships and containers, in transition and transformation. The lower beads
are opaque, shifting to transparent glass as they ascend through seasons and
passages of life. The black beads contain things we hold onto.
The piece is
divided into lanes with a central avenue and an outer lane. Holes are provided
as doors of opportunity for climbers to pass-through, allowing the outer
climbers to join others in the center. Hidden in the top is a light, providing
illumination, direction, and hope to the climbers. And, just as there is a
wideness in God’s mercy, the top is wider than the base.
William Blake said, “In the universe there
are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there
are doors.” Our lives are inundated with doors- moments of truth and hope,
veiled, unfortunately, by fear and doubt. Trust
the Seed reminds us that “two are better than one, and a cord of three
strands is not easily broken.”
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