{"id":2065,"date":"2022-04-30T00:24:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T00:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/?page_id=2065"},"modified":"2022-04-30T00:24:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T00:24:26","slug":"michel-droge-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/michel-droge-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Michel Droge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Artist&#8217;s Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the lockdown of 2020, I was particularly interested in how we caged ourselves and how we escaped that entrapment. <em>Tiger and Elephant\u2019s Dream<\/em> are two paintings from this time that explore the dreamlife of wild creatures that are often living in captivity. My time is often spent in the wilderness wandering and reflecting upon the interconnectedness of things. How can one species\u2019 suffering be thought of as anything but connected to the greater community and entanglement of all life on this planet, and most likely, the entire universe? I think of dreaming as a universal mode of escape and a method to channel the collective unconscious, and I began to consider how all creatures dream. Despite our waking life\u2019s entrapments, we are all free in dreams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"823\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2022\/04\/Droge-\u2013-Elephants-Dream-823x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2022\/04\/Droge-\u2013-Elephants-Dream-823x1024.jpg 823w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2022\/04\/Droge-\u2013-Elephants-Dream-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2022\/04\/Droge-\u2013-Elephants-Dream-768x956.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2022\/04\/Droge-\u2013-Elephants-Dream-1234x1536.jpg 1234w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2022\/04\/Droge-\u2013-Elephants-Dream.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 823px) 100vw, 823px\" \/><figcaption>Michel Droge, <em>Elephant\u2019s Dream, <\/em>2021. Oil on birch wood.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2022\/04\/Droge\u2013Tiger-852x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2022\/04\/Droge\u2013Tiger-852x1024.jpg 852w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2022\/04\/Droge\u2013Tiger-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2022\/04\/Droge\u2013Tiger-768x923.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2022\/04\/Droge\u2013Tiger-1278x1536.jpg 1278w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/lcbates\/files\/2022\/04\/Droge\u2013Tiger-1704x2048.jpg 1704w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><figcaption>Michel Droge, <em>Tiger, <\/em>2021. Oil birch on wood.\u00a0<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist&#8217;s Statement During the lockdown of 2020, I was particularly interested in how we caged ourselves and how we escaped that entrapment. Tiger and Elephant\u2019s Dream are two paintings from this time that explore the dreamlife of wild creatures that are often living in captivity. 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