“On Friday March 24th, after a long, grueling day of completing the installation, and even though I had to be at the airport at 5:15 am the next morning, filled with the hope of watching giant leatherback sea turtles lay eggs, I took a late-night excursion to one of the Surinamese shores and had the privilege to bear witness to this magical and ritualized yet skillful process. It is not (well) known how leatherback turtles continue to survive their long journeys between where they feed and where they lay their eggs. The life of the artist is also about navigation. It is not clear how or why we choose to do what we do over the course of a lifetime, but we, as the leatherback turtles, make the journey over and over again. It is the travel, metaphorical speaking, that keeps us afloat.”