KATHY STEELE Inspiration Point: INTO THE DEPTHS
FUSED GLASS, 30 X 9 X 9
Why? Why would someone leave the comfort and safety of home and thrust him/herself into a wild, raging inferno? And what would motivate or inspire them to continue to fight what appears to be a losing battle, day after miserable day - with no end in sight? The voracious PNW wildfires of this past summer have left me pondering these very questions, trying to comprehend the answers.
I understand where my inspiration hails: the waters of the Pacific, the majestic coastal mountains, the raw and amazing beauty of the land... They beckon me back home when I have been gone far too long. Shifting the question back again, what muse or siren could be so captivating and alluring as to call potential victims into the depths of the dangerous and unknown?