Marci Rae Johnson

Marci Rae Johnson explores the paradox of desire and detachment.

Marci Rae Johnson explores the Buddhist concept of thusness, of resting in the ordinary and the extraordinary.

Marci Rae Johnson, in “Desk, with Window Frame and Heaven,” offers a sketch of a private room, an unopened window, a sad Jesus on a simple crucifix, and the billowing of both clouds and desire to open and be opened, to see more than “the words behind [our] eyes.”