Sounds of the Ocean 
 Sherry Wiggins

 Four Fuji Crystal Archival digital prints
 (each 15” x 21”) 
 2006

“What is your dream and what is your idea of paradise?” is one of the questions which I asked several Palestinian friends in the West Bank during a trip to the Middle East in February of 2006. Suhair answered that she would like to hear the sound of the ocean, and would love a garden with a lemon tree and an olive tree. Joseph answered that he would like peace, anywhere. Taghrid answered that she would like to have the freedom to travel and to study and explore her interests.
I then performed a meditation at the ocean in the U.S. - I placed an artist’s easel and a golden frame by the ocean and put different objects in the frame to reflect these dreams.