Empathy Artifact

2019, stoneware, moss, water

Empathy Artifact is a ritual practice in caring, without benefit for oneself. There is a bed of moss nestled inside, just barely visible. It can be touched, but not owned. It is not decorative or useful, the nature of the artifact and it’s accompanying vessel charge the viewer to contribute to the life of the moss, building empathy, creating the musculature and the awareness required to have empathy for all, to care for others without requiring them to contribute anything to you. Relationships without transaction.