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“In particular I focused on the holes in the text and the markings that Jefferson made as he went through his editing process. The photographs weave emptiness and words to form emotions both about the act of editing scripture and original text.” [read her statement; more info. here — introduction]

Thomas Jefferson and the Good Book (1804); Photos by Alexandria Searls

“I examine the subjects of narrative, person, place or event through the perspective of larger religious thought, history and ritual, not solely through institutional interpretations. It is the more profound sense of Mystery that I seek to articulate and uncover in my work. When I conflate the lives and stories of others to my own personal events it is to define the common ways our lives overlap or converge in the sacred sense.” Linda Ekstrom, “Tale,” Bible, thread, and ribbon, 2002 [+; her statement here]

“I examine the subjects of narrative, person, place or event through the perspective of larger religious thought, history and ritual, not solely through institutional interpretations. It is the more profound sense of Mystery that I seek to articulate and uncover in my work. When I conflate the lives and stories of others to my own personal events it is to define the common ways our lives overlap or converge in the sacred sense.”

Linda Ekstrom, “Tale,” Bible, thread, and ribbon, 2002 [+; her statement here]