Icelandic wool, thrift store beads, needle felting. 2022

I went to Iceland in 2023 for the first time. While driving through the country I had a strange visceral knowing of being home. It was as if the color, sounds, tastes, and textures of the land were what made up my bones and tissue. I am a firm believer in karma and believe that all things cycle throughout time and space, and so this pull to the land wasn't anything unusual. What was striking, was the anguish and depression I felt boarding the plane to come back home. I felt like I was leaving home, not returning to. Reincarnate is a visual representation of the physical and spiritual connection I felt to a land both foreign and familiar.