Conception

The most general and colloquial understanding of the term "conception" refers to fertilization---the moment when the male sperm meets the female ovum. However, the work I've gathered here reflects on the various definitions of conception as the term has existed for over a century. In the first section, conception goes beyond fertilization: it references the union of a new and complex identity. In the second section, conception refers to the delicate balance of life and death---how one often hangs in the balance for the other to form. The third section considers conception as a growing mind, expanding its understanding of life, logic and the abstract. And the final section looks at conception as a union of time, of the past, present and the raw materials needed to form a new beginning.