Later in my life, I was introduced to Buddhism, and through the development of the practice of meditation, I was able to regain a sense of timelessness. A short time later, when visiting natural caves, I discovered timelessness in these spaces. The random structure, the tunnels, and the surface textures inspired me to invoke the idea of my sculptures as a metaphor for caves. As I progressed with my art, and specifically with the generation of ceramic sculptures, I realized my art was evolving through meditation, and my studio practice was allowing me to separate myself from time. In essence, working with clay was my meditative practice and, as such, separated from time, allowing my sculptures to become free-form, and less illustrative or representative of cave-like structures, and more of a celebration of nature. 

My art is the resolve of how I evolved timelessness through making sculptural works. Ultimately, the ability to separate time from my studio practice, through meditation, led me to the development of my work.