Hieroglyphics Across Time

Years ago, I was fascinated with an archeologist and restorer of Etruscan antiquities at the Glyptothek Museum in Germany. Since he lived in Munich and I was in Berlin, we corresponded frequently with contemporary versions of hieroglyphics. The illustrated reflections of our days were often sent as mail art and provided regular surprises and private viewings of our mixed media art.

This poetic exchange helped me to appreciate how much I enjoy creating my own visual language, parsing out a story from the visual cacophony around me. As I sit here today, I realize that I think of hieroglyphics as folding time into a line. These shaped stories are a way to say more with less. They are memory catchers and relics resonating with essence that allow us to communicate through the ages.

Mail art hieroglyphics