i am ohana
“ohana” is my daughter’s name.
It also means family in Hawaiian,
and echoes the word flower in Japanese.
It also means family in Hawaiian,
and echoes the word flower in Japanese.
This work begins there—
not as a subject,
but as a lived relationship.
not as a subject,
but as a lived relationship.
I do not try to capture moments as events.
I allow them to remain,
to settle,
to become quiet artifacts of time.
I allow them to remain,
to settle,
to become quiet artifacts of time.
Children grow.
Time passes.
What stays is not the scene itself,
but the trace it leaves behind.
Time passes.
What stays is not the scene itself,
but the trace it leaves behind.
Quiet Artifacts is not a series.
It is the attitude through which
all of my works are made.
It is the attitude through which
all of my works are made.