Polly O’Dette

My earliest memories are of a tiny universe, verging on microscopic. Is this because, when one is a child, one is close to the ground? Or because objects are so fascinating? This world of the physical senses: memories of objects- the look, feel, smell, color, sound, taste. I remember being a child.  Every object goes through this same series of tests. As an artist, I still see out of those same child eyes. Experience objects in the same way, create objects in the same way. Children also sense the energy in the world around them: the plants, animals, people and objects. As an artist I love interacting with the objects of the earth, playing at creation…