There is a furnace in our cells and when we breathe we pass the world through our bodies, brew it lightly, and turn it loose again, gently altered for having known us.
~Diane Ackerman, A Natural History of the Senses

Breath(e) is an exploration of the 'permeable boundary' that exists between our physical bodies and the world around us. There is a literal exchange that occurs within every inhale and every exhale. This exchange, subliminal and subtle, happens beneath the surface. It is background, peripheral, like the passing of a breeze through branches. Yet it is this exchange that fuels us. When we are without it, we are without breath, without life.

Metaphorically, the act of breathing speaks to the continuous dialog, the ongoing give and take that occurs in each person's life. As we daily leave our marks in the world, the world leaves its marks upon us. I am interested in the way these interactions are absorbed through the body, leaving their residue within our memory.