Don Freas
Artist Statement
We live to learn what life is and travel to find out where we're going. When we set aside ideas of where we want to go and keep our attention on where curiosity takes us, we wind up somewhere we couldn't have imagined in advance. Sometimes that's a great surprise, sometimes it's not, though with an open mind, there's always something to be learned.
The pieces in this exhibit trace four decades of such inward travel at the most fundamental levels of play and practice. These pieces are that inward journey, folded out, where it can be seen and considered. Look around. The track may become visible.
Biography
Don Freas is a sculptor, poet, and a designer/ craftsman of one-of-a-kind furniture. Raised in Ohio and Pennsylvania, he migrated in 1972 to the Pacific Northwest, where he lives and works along the shores of Puget Sound in Olympia, Washington. He holds an MFA in creative writing and literature from Bennington College and a BA in writing from Evergreen State College. His most recent book is IN BETWEEN, Creativity Set Free (from Lost Arts Design, 2023.) Don is also the author of SWALLOWING THE WORLD: New and Selected Poems (Lost Arts Design, 2015). You can find more information at donfreas.com.
We live to learn what life is and travel to find out where we're going. When we set aside ideas of where we want to go and keep our attention on where curiosity takes us, we wind up somewhere we couldn't have imagined in advance. Sometimes that's a great surprise, sometimes it's not, though with an open mind, there's always something to be learned.
The pieces in this exhibit trace four decades of such inward travel at the most fundamental levels of play and practice. These pieces are that inward journey, folded out, where it can be seen and considered. Look around. The track may become visible.
Biography
Don Freas is a sculptor, poet, and a designer/ craftsman of one-of-a-kind furniture. Raised in Ohio and Pennsylvania, he migrated in 1972 to the Pacific Northwest, where he lives and works along the shores of Puget Sound in Olympia, Washington. He holds an MFA in creative writing and literature from Bennington College and a BA in writing from Evergreen State College. His most recent book is IN BETWEEN, Creativity Set Free (from Lost Arts Design, 2023.) Don is also the author of SWALLOWING THE WORLD: New and Selected Poems (Lost Arts Design, 2015). You can find more information at donfreas.com.
