Put It In A Letter

Put It In A Letter is a ritual of reflection, loss, and transformation—a performance that seeks to unbind the emotional weight of unresolved creation. Conceived as a cathartic working, the piece symbolizes the alchemical process of destruction and rebirth, where fire acts as both purifier and catalyst.

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At its core, the performance is an intimate reckoning with memory and matter. Forty-two remaining works, once part of an ongoing correspondence with an estranged friend, are offered to the flames alongside the skeletal remains of a human left foot—a gifted object that once inspired the series. The burning of these elements is both a violent and reverent act: an obliteration of form in pursuit of formlessness. As the box of ash smolders, the act of fire walking transforms the ritual into one of transmutation. The artist’s bare feet press into the scorched remnants, branding the still-hot powder onto two blank sheets of paper—imprints of both presence and release, ephemeral and immutable.

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The ritual continues with the careful collection of ashes and fragments of bone, spooned into 42 envelopes—vessels that now carry residue instead of imagery, absence instead of correspondence. The sealing of each envelope becomes an act of finality, yet also one of creation. In this process, the work embodies the phoenix-like cycle of destruction giving rise to a new form—a series reduced to ash, yet reborn as reliquaries of the act itself.

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Put It In A Letter evokes themes of occult transfiguration, where fire serves as both sacrament and scythe. It speaks to the transformative power of loss, the sanctity of ritual, and the enduring residue of memory made tangible through symbolic remains.