"The Present Moment"

Remarks: In this sculpture, wood and metal are brought together creating a metaphor for the layered experience of time and the complexity of the present moment. Each material carries its own associations: wood, with its visible grain and organic irregularities, holds the memory of growth, decay, and renewal; metal, by contrast, conveys durability, strength, and an enduring reach toward what lies ahead. Their union is not simply a material choice but a symbolic act, one that captures the tension and balance between what has been, what is, and what will come.

The tree stump section of the sculpture represents the future. It symbolizes the end of the cycle - the death of the tree. A sprouting seedling emerges from the top of the stump—it stands as a reminder of the past, of origins and beginnings, of the fragile yet powerful forces that set everything into motion. The seedling is not merely a relic; it is evidence of the cycles that have already unfolded and the quiet persistence of memory within material form.

Together, the sprout and the stump do not exist in isolation but in dialogue, and it is this convergence that defines the present. The sculpture lives in that moment of contact, where the weight of the past informs the direction of the future, and where both forces intersect in the immediacy of now. In this way, the work seeks to transport the viewer into the present tense—into the awareness that every moment is shaped by both what came before and what is yet to arrive.