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Lowry, page 2, Kathy Zimmerer

transformation of him into a symbol of contemplation completes the metaphor. The "star gazer" reflects her desire to look beyond everyday life to the heavens for consolation and inspiration.

With her focus on the stars and her fragile collaboration with the ancient "star gazer", Lowry has pushed aside much of her former visual clutter to work on spare, elegant assemblages that glow with lush areas of brilliant color.

One of the most effective is "Star Gazer of Distance." A delicate wooden glider is juxtaposed against a page from an astronomy text that includes tiny hand written notations on times, dates and changes in the stars and planets. The "star gazer" lays in horizontal position, part of Lowry's "thread" of life, while old fashioned cutouts of mother and father figures stand upright with their many duties and responsibilities precluding time for dreaming. 

Lowry's preoccupation with change in her life is an underlying theme in all her work and the constant motion of the stars and planets becomes an effective analogy for marking time. "Past, Present and Future" is a tiny, jewel-like assemblage that demonstrates the layering of time. In "Twilight" her "star gazer" lies at the bottom of a boat and is surrounded by huge waves. A moon or planet orbits above, and the shimmering midnight sky arcing over the boat only increases the ultimate