Maggie Taylor, The Traveller, 2026, oil on canvas, 81 cm x 61 cm
A solitary traveller appeared on the bank and made his way towards the Humber Bridge, disappearing into the unknown. I thought about loss and grief and how it becomes overpowering and difficult to contain.
Life is not a straight line. It has curves and breakages, and sometimes a disruption which brings life to a halt. I look at the line of the Humber, and the drag and pull downwards of the water below towards the creek. Is this a metaphor for life?
But we must carry on, be strong, remember, and be thankful for what we had and have now.
Ingold (2016) argues that the “fragmented line” provides,
“the irrepressible potential of life to find a way through, and to keep on going, even under the most trying of circumstances. Indeed fragmentation can be read positively in so far as it opens up passages -albeit unconventional ones – that might previously have been closed off”. (Ingold, 2016, p.173)
The Traveller (detail)
