Errantes
- Year
- 2026
- Materials
- Willow leaves, acrylic paint, acrylic-stained found book pages, woven tissue paper, shadow box
- Status
- Gifted
- Dimensions
- Cataloging in progress
The story
A school of painted willow leaves becomes a school of fish, moving across found book pages stained with acrylic paint. Tissue paper is woven through the composition, adding another current of color and texture.
The pages were torn deliberately so certain phrases from the original text would remain visible. The old story is not erased; selected words are allowed to travel into the new one.
Look closer. Some words were left behind on purpose.
Errantes names the wanderers. The companion song takes that movement farther.
Lyrics
Wander On
She wandered out into the wild
And found no need for walls
She learned the roads, she learned the woods
She followed where life called
She followed the rails from state to state
New skies, old river names
But some roots travel with you
No matter how far you roam
Wander on, wander on
There are worlds you've yet to know
Take the ones you love along
Give them room and let them grow
Every river finds its way
Every mile becomes your own
Sometimes you wander far from home
Just to find where you belong
She raised her children toward the sky
On ridge and trail and stone
Taught them there's a bigger world
Than any place called home
And all those miles became theirs, too
A thousand stories gathered in
Until the road remembered
Where her mother's story began
And on an island in the river
Willow leaves fell to the ground
Carried home and painted brightly
Little wanderers were found
Now they travel on together
Over words and waves of blue
Funny how a wandering thing
Can find its way to you
Wander on, wander on
There are worlds you've yet to know
Take the ones you love along
Give them room and let them grow
Every river finds its way
Every mile becomes your own
You can wander all your lifetime
And you'll always be welcomed home