Katrina Hurricane

Expungement is the first installment of a larger 

series titled 5. In the series 5, Infinity delves into the 

metaphysics of perception of darkness and shadows; 

the things we see, hear, feel, taste, and smell. What we 

perceive is called awareness and our ability to 

perceive is contingent on our understanding. 

Expungement focuses on our sensory reponses to 

the shift into Fall season when our planet is further 

away from the sun thus we are further away from the 

light- our senses opens up to darkness after the 

Summer of full light. It’s like when someone abruptly 

shuts off the lights making the room dark; our mind 

visually processes light shapes as adjusting to the 

change. 

     Our perception, by way of our visual sense sight is 

the manner in which our brains processes light; 

darkness is an aspect of light as light is an aspect 

of dark. At night and during the Fall and Winter 

seasons, the vail of consciousness becomes thinner as 

we become more aware of the dark side of things 

perceiving them through all our five senses. There’s a 

darkness of self that we have been taught to fear such 

as the manner people tend to fear scary characters 

that are personified through art. Once we understand 

these are all facets of the mind and we understand our 

dark is as important as our light, we can live in 

harmony with everything. Once we understand 

ourselves; we no longer fear the dark.

Estuary in Louisiana is a watercolor series created by Infinity 2016. The series was created during Infinity’s time of isolation from September 2015 through September 2016. This time and experience were important in Infinity’s healing process as entering the next phase of her life as a whole person and a means to taking her place in the world of Fine Arts. Infinity has reemerged into the Art World in 2024 as she is currently in her studio creating a paint series for display fall 2024 and an animation movie coming 2025.

In New Orleans, Lake Pontchartrain is the intermediate between Bayou St John (which runs through the city) and the mouth of the Mississippi river. “The Lake” as it’s called by locals has spiritual ancestral significance and spiritual purifying affects. Lake Pontchartrain is a major social meeting point in New Orleans from crawfish boils, graduate celebrations, family reunions, community get togethers, picnics, and most often alone time. -Infinity 

“Lake Pontchartrain, lake, southeastern Louisiana, U.S. The lake is 40 miles (64 km) long and 25 miles (40 km) wide at its widest point, with an area of 630 square miles (1,631 square km) and a mean depth of 10 to 16 feet (3 to 5 metres). It is more a tidal lagoon than a lake, since it connects eastward through Lake Borgne with the Gulf of Mexico by a narrow passage called The Rigolets. Its waters are brackish, although salinity can be reduced dramatically by an influx of floodwaters from the Mississippi River via the Bonnet Carre Spillway. The lake teems with game fish and aquatic birds, including pelicans. The city of New Orleans lies along its southern and eastern shore; Fontainebleau State Park and many small resorts also are located around the lakeshore. The first European to view the lake was the French Canadian explorer Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville, who passed through the region in 1699 and named the lake for Louis II, count of Pontchartrain.

In August 2005 Lake Pontchartrain waters inundated New Orleans and surrounding communities when the storm surge caused by Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed its levees and released devastating floodwaters. Nearly a month later, in the wake of a second hurricane passing to the west, some levees were again overtopped and portions of the city were reflooded.

The lake is crossed by several bridges, notably the Pontchartrain Causeway. The causeway consists of two parallel road bridges, completed in 1956 and 1969, respectively, each of which runs for nearly 24 miles (39 km) northward across the lake from Metairie (a suburb of New Orleans) to Mandeville. The twin spans, among the longest overwater bridges in the world, have become a stopover for huge flocks of migrating purple martins. The spans were largely undamaged by Hurricane Katrina.” Source https://www.britannica.com/place/Lake-Pontchartrain