After what has been months of chatting loosely, we finally "got down to business" as the show was bearing down upon us! Mary, Cynthia and Abe Pachikara. It has been a precious, eye opening and all too ephemeral collaboration within one family, spanning 3 genres of art.
Shuttle astronaut Mae Jemison, one of those rare birds that is both a scientist and accomplished dancer, called art the "one's personal expression of the universal." And this one presents three views - 70 watercolors, 28 images, and one installation piece. Less apparent are the others in the family who similarly express themselves in artistic manner: my sister Susan thru her chocolatiering, my dad who introduced me to photography back in the 4th grade, and my wife Molly who is an avid and accomplished creator of a variety of cuisines.
Perhaps someday, I will get to collaborate with my own sons in a similar fashion. One observation, don't wait as many decades as we have to undertake these endeavors. One can never start too soon!
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