show them their similarities, not their differences.
But the best kind of three is when we find the right three, all just similar enough and different enough to form a perfect bond. It means that we perfectly round each other out and create something greater and more beautiful through our connection.
Because lingo, after all, are usually foreign words spoken by a specific group of people. It is something that is unique to one place or community, and even to one relationship. We all have words or phrases that mean something different with the ones that we love, our own special jargon that we wouldn’t share with anyone else.
After his stroke, Kevin Robb was left with the ability to pronounce only certain vowel sounds and letters. So conversations with this artist are kept to a minimum.
Artists are known for telling their stories through their canvasses, whether oil, marble, or metal, but lesser known for listening to their blank pages before they even lift a pen. Kevin would tell you that the metal will tell him what to do. If he is fighting with the material to do something that it doesn’t want to do, he’ll take a step back to reevaluate and let the metal speak for itself.
And it’s no surprise that Kevin is one of those people.
His favorite sculpture, after all, is, “the sculpture that is about to become a reality,” to quote the January 2014 Kevin Robb Studios Newsletter. What speaks more of a hope than the constant turning towards a new creation? Or of joy than the ever appreciative eye, taking in all the world and transforming it into beautiful things?
