SALT KILLS. 2017

Shot in 2017 at the Spiral Jetty, Utah, in collaboration with Culturunners

Salt is a fascinating body that has its own consciousness. Salt can be experienced. It’s structured yet chaotic. It’s stubborn yet malleable. It carries itself with rigid uncertainty yet behaves in unpredictable ways. You can smell it in the air and its presence is enough to radically influence any environment. It preserves and deteriorates at once. It’s essential but lethal. Salt dissolves in water and disappears. It reappears as the water evaporates. It symbolizes the soul. “You are the salt of the earth”. Just like salt, we were created with an intrinsic worth that transforms in different conditions yet never dies. In this sense, there is no death. There are, we hope, different states of being and dimensions of existence. The visible disappearance of something doesn’t not confirm its permanent absence. Salt can be found in abundance, but its scarcity is detrimental to our survival. We can not create salt. It is found. It’s there, in different states and conditions. When consumed, salt causes thirst and a need for water.

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