After a workshop with the amazing Lisa Pressman and Elise Wagner, I am taking some new directions in my work. I have been thinking a lot about the way language and meaning are developed, and what happens when language acquisition is delayed or interrupted.  A baby comes into a world full of chaotic sensory input, and soon begins to babble and make repetitive sounds, to which meaning is assigned. An autistic child may flap his hands or line up toys, and this may be a part of the same process of repetition and assigning meaning to sensory chaos.  So in my work I am more overtly exploring the process of making sense out of chaos. Here is a start.