Harvard Divinity School

Program for the Evolution of Spirituality, 2025

Michele Bonds was invited to present her work at Harvard Divinity School’s Program for the Evolution of Spirituality in 2025. The talk examined mythology, identity, and transformation through sculptural carved paper, tracing how ancient archetypes and layered material processes continue to shape contemporary experience.

Drawing from works in Cracks in the Temple, the presentation explored excavation as both a physical method and a conceptual framework, linking material depth to memory, lineage, and the structures that shape human identity.