This summer brings the work of Cleveland artist Lauren Herzak-Bauman to one of downtown’s most magical public spaces. Common Energy provides the Eastman Reading Garden and the downtown Cleveland community with a message of positivity, inclusivity, and love. Based on Tibetan prayer wheels, interacting with Common Energy simply requires the act of spinning the wheels in order to send positive messages out to the world.
Common Energy seeks to instill the Eastman Reading Garden and the downtown Cleveland community with a message of positivity, inclusivity, and love. In the midst of a volatile political climate, fraught with uncertainty within our country, it is crucial to practice tolerance, compassion, and positivity toward ourselves and toward each other. The design is based on Tibetan prayer wheels, cylindrical wheels inscribed with Buddhist mantras on
the surface. Hundreds of thousands of mantras are also placed inside of the wheels. Interacting with the prayer wheels simply requires the act of spinning them in order to send their message out to the world. Born and raised in Northeast Ohio, Lauren Herzak-Bauman has spent the last several years making large-scale installations that examine materiality and production using porcelain clay. The unifying theme throughout Lauren’s work is creating a transformative experience.