Bhirsinu Hundaina - Daughter 1, 2005
plexiglas drypoint etching, 18 x 15"
STATEMEMT

Daughter 1

She was born blue, unbaptized and hold as the Hindu god Krishna.

For an instant.

Many babies are blue at birth. It is not an uncommon occurance. Occasionally it signals a congenital heart defect or the imcompatiility of maternal and fetal blood types. But most babies quickly turn pink and scream.

This one was only unusual because the blue didn't fade all at once. Instead it receded from her body like an ebbing ocean tide. From the tips of her toes the color moved, pooling a monent on the edges of her eyelids, then diving in.

It left her mottled pink and writhing in his hands, only her eyes divine.