“Art, for me, is about creating moments of connection, reflection, and sometimes healing. My own sculptures often emerge from personal struggles and the process of finding balance within myself. If my work can provide someone with a sense of release or offer them a moment of clarity, then it has fulfilled its purpose. I also hope my work reminds viewers of our shared human experience, of the connections we all share – our common joys, struggles, and growth. Art has the power to make us feel less alone, and if my sculptures can offer even a small sense of that connection, then I feel they have truly done their job. Art serves as a bridge to deeper understanding.”

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Each sculpture depicts a certain emotional state which is presented by Arabic words. There is a very strong connection between the body of the sculpture and the letters and the words themselves.

“When I saw it on the news and then on the Internet, it caught me with intensities that I have no words to describe…I felt I had to do something with it, as a kind of an “immediate witness”. This incident happened in the U.S. and reached the whole world in seconds. It went ‘viral’. What happened in Minneapolis, sent ‘ripples’, it touched me and hit me with tremendous intensity. When living in a global village, everyone is exposed to online events…In my local space, I can witness an event that takes place in another part of the world and experience it as if it happened in my local surroundings. I can identify with it and respond to it and create ‘ripples’ around it as they touch me here. My answer is my art which ripples back there into the world…to emphasize, by my abilities, that this cannot go on, it is time for a change!”

Dan Reisner sought a way out of PTSD following his military service in Lebanon; now he’s using lockdown to create artwork that incorporates Arabic words