"Birth of an Idea" Installation

Birth of an Idea

Temporary site specific installation

On the grounds of SJSU, San José, California.

Dates: October 1985

8’ tall x 25’ wide x 15’ deep

Monofilament, styrofoam, acrylic paint, muslin fibers.

Many strands of thought and feeling brought this installation together as  Birth of an Idea. The illumined web of life holds a cocooned fetus — it’s the blue of planet Earth floating in the heavens, the blue of a deity, the vulnerability and mystery of life. It evoked the thought that no man is an island unto themselves to those who saw it in place… it was unexpected, evocative, and temporary.Â