Artist: Carolyn Goodridge
Medium: quilted silk, beads
Dimensions: 57 x 42 in.,
Year of creation: 2016
Artist Statement: Dr. Masaru Emoto, (1943-2014) found human consciousness has an effect on the molecular structure of water. Water reacts to positive thoughts and words. Polluted water could be cleaned through prayer and positive visualization. Emoto believed that emotional "energies" and "vibrations" could change the physical structure of water. He found that water exposed to positive speech and thoughts would result in visually pleasing crystals formed when that water was frozen. Negative intention would yield "ugly" frozen crystal formations. The love water crystal image is courtesy of the Emoto Foundation.