My images hope to speak to that need to see more of what is: from colorful opulence, to the paradoxes inherent in those around us, to a solitude. We are metaphoric beings. The way we see our surroundings helps us to develop and convey an inner sense of deep and meaningful mystery. Author Joan Didion speaks of the importance of acknowledging the ‘shimmer’ around objects – that glimmer of a different, deeper meaning, and she describes an artistic quest to discover its inner ‘grammar.’ Like Didion, I look for the magic in the world’s elements to try and find the ‘grammar in the shimmer’.