Christopher Martin’s Let It Come Naturally… (2025, Mixed Media Sculpture) continues his series of text-based works where language and object collide to create a sculptural meditation on presence, surrender, and acceptance.

The piece features a white rectangular panel pierced by a black arrow, pinning into permanence the words: “LET IT COME NATURALLY LET GO OF SUPPOSED TO BE.” The message, direct and unembellished, functions as both instruction and release—a mantra that invites the viewer to relinquish control and embrace the flow of life without clinging to expectation.

The arrow, a recurring motif in Martin’s practice, adds immediacy and force to the text. Its sharp intrusion into the otherwise plain surface suggests both disruption and clarity: the strike that crystallizes truth. The bold, all-caps typography ensures that the message cannot be ignored, its simplicity carrying universal resonance.

By merging stark physicality with reflective text, Martin transforms a phrase into a sculptural experience. Let It Come Naturally… becomes not only something to read but something to confront—an insistence on surrendering the weight of “should” and finding freedom in the natural unfolding of events.

This work embodies Martin’s larger project: the transformation of language into living philosophy, where words, pierced and made material, resonate as both object and affirmation.

11 x 13.5 x 17in
Ink on Paper + Wood Arrow