WHERE STRANGERS FIND WATER speaks to the universal condition of displacement and transformation.

It evokes the tension between escape and arrival, a journey not only across physical borders but also through the inner landscapes of identity and belonging.  For me, this body of work mirrors the experience of finding sanctuary in the unknown, about entering spaces of vulnerability, where the foreign and the familiar converge. The water becomes a shared holding space, a place of solace and solidarity.  

These works explore the crossing of boundaries, fleeing familiar ground, and finding solace in the movement of water. They speak to both the personal and universal journey—of seeking something greater and more stable, yet finding that water itself can be a place of both instability and connection, where strangers meet and find sanctuary in the flow.  On a broader scale, this title suggests the idea of fleeing, of displacement, and the inherent instability that accompanies it. Just as foreigners might seek refuge in new waters, so too do we all navigate the vast unknowns of life—searching for peace, for a place to find ourselves, for connection amidst the chaos. It speaks to the human condition of seeking belonging—whether through community or through personal reconciliation, within the waters that both separate and bind us.