“A New Age” presents a collection of scanned objects of spiritual significance - like a personal cabinet of curiosities. There is an intersection of spirituality, philosophy and religion in the objects presented in “A New Age”. They each represent a part of my past that has led me through a disjointed path of personal growth that I’ve returned to repeatedly throughout my life. Before my father came out as a gay man when I was eleven, we went to Catholic mass every Sunday, considering ourselves devout Roman Catholics. After he left, my mother became a locally known shaman and started a pagan commune where she held weekly shamanic drum circles, seasonal sweat lodges, and spirituality workshops.
Each object in the set of images marks personal milestones, the passing of loved ones, memories, or celebrates rites of passage. I’ve removed each object from any context as a meditation on the significance one single object can hold, if any. The relationships that develop within this archive might offer a personal history as well as a structure for maintaining a practice of growth without subscribing to one single religion, philosophy, or spiritual path.