Monday meditation… This soothing scene was conceived by British artist Rebecca Reeve during a residency at the Everglades National Park in Florida. It forms part of a series comprised of images of the park’s striking landscape, framed by billowing curtains. “It draws inspiration from a practice in late 1800s Holland, whereby during the home wake of a deceased person, it was customary to cover all the mirrors, landscape paintings and portraits with cloths,” Reeve has explained. “[This would] make it easier for the soul to leave the body and subdue any temptations to stay in this world. The ritual seemed … to be a confirmation of the deeply moving experience that one often feels [in nature].”
