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 In Austrian Anthroposophist Frederick Hiebel鈥檚 First Approach to Mineralogy, he describes the transformation of graphite to diamond. He writes, 鈥�...when pure carbon, or graphite, crystallizes in the form of an octahedron, the greatest miracle of transformation takes place from the darkest opaque substance to the lightest most transparent one: the diamond. We can see in diamonds the pure splendor of sunlight as though, in them, the whole earth had begun to turn toward a future in which its darkness will be overcome by the power of light.鈥� Graphite鈥檚 veiled luminescence is what I imagine to be the essence of our shadow. An erasable, brittle substance, if left for one billion years, transforms into a stone so powerful that it is unable to be cut by any other mineral. Its marks last on earth longer than human life. Past presenting future 鈥� an immeasurable duality like all things. Graphite鈥檚 potential to shade, reveal, and record prefigures its eventual earthly petrification. 鈥淢e and My Shadow / My Shadow and I鈥� is a collection of work that I see to be connected to this vast cosmic archive. Each piece uniquely tethered to the alchemical, shimmering and mysterious nature of the mineral kingdom and thus ourselves.