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About EnTwined:
EnTwined
is a true story, bordering on the mythic, told with both depth and
humor.
Joyce Wallace Scott takes us on a moving journey of self discovery as
she guides us with stark candor and revealing insights through her twin
sister’s silent world to show its far-reaching impact on her own life and
the lives of others.
Suddenly torn apart after a loving childhood, the twins are to lead
starkly differing lives, two separate journeys each passing through its
own emotional wilderness. For
Joyce it is a journey punctuated by loss and longing, a journey of
relentless searching and sorrow: for Judy, an inner strengthening to
endure the silence of interminable emptiness and neglect.
In the bleak landscape of lives unravelling through the early chapters
of EnTwined, small points of
light appear, gradually coalescing into a galaxy of miracles.
As the seemingly disparate strands of the story are subtly drawn
together, they start to weave a compelling tapestry of human emotion,
through which shines the brilliant light of an extraordinary human
being.
Discounted and discarded herself, Judith Scott found her inspiration in
abandoned and broken materials, wrapped and swaddled to create
mysterious forms of compelling beauty. Today
her art is featured in museums and galleries around the world.
EnTwined is an explorationof loss, love and transformation.
Dr Gail Shafarman writes of EnTWINed:
"In this powerful and penetrating book Joyce Scott lyrically resumes her childhood role of translator and interpreter, telling Judy's inspiring story with poetic grace and deep insight. "
Dr. John Cooke writes of EnTWINed:
“Mythic but true, EnTWINed emerges as a
classic fairy tale. It is the story
of Judith Scott, who against all odds arises from the shadows to become an
artist of international acclaim. Deeply
layered, it is a story of twins and Down Syndrome, of deafness and institutions. Guided by her twin
sister Joyce, we are led on an intimate journey of revelation through Judy’s
silent world.
Twice challenged, the auguries at Judy’s birth could scarcely have been less
auspicious. Concealed within the
hand that the Fates had dealt lie several trump cards.
Yet for Judy and Joyce, the joyful days of childhood come suddenly to an
abrupt end as Judy is spirited away in the night without warning, leaving both
twins wounded and perplexed. Grief
permeates the family. As lives
disintegrate, Entwined charts a course through the debris with deep insights and
stark candor, leaving us wondering whether there can ever be resolution and
healing. Judy will languish in
silence for thirty-five years in a bleak state institution, her profound
deafness undiagnosed, her creative genius dormant and unsuspected.
But from such despair is born hope, and from such hope is born transformation.
Following her sister’s intervention, Judy regains her freedom, and
blossoms into an artist of international acclaim, her fiber sculptures bursting
unannounced from some inner spring of unique creativity.
Though deaf and lacking language, Judy speaks eloquently to the world through
her sculptures. Discounted and discarded herself, it was in society’s
flotsam and jetsam — yarns and fibers, broken and abandoned objects
— that she found her inspiration. Today
Judy’s art is featured in galleries around the world, and eagerly acquired by
leading museums for their permanent collections.
EnTwined
speaks to us on many levels. Reflecting
a complex landscape of conflicting emotions, we can only marvel as the strands
of the story are drawn together and woven into a rich and inspiring tapestry,
through which shines the
light of a unique human spirit that refused to be dimmed by adversity, whose
capacity to love remained unblemished. Like
ripples radiating out across the surface of a pond, Judy’s, legacy continues
to expand, touching and molding ever more lives.”
Read Excerpts from EnTwined:
Chapters One and Two
Some Pictures from EnTwined
