I make art this way to soothe my own pain and share it publicly in hopes that others will draw comfort, hope and understanding of each other, now and into the future.These works aim to solve my dilemma of wanting to connect with communities while maintaining a safe distance from harm. They also serve to provide the kind of sanctuary and reprieve that I, like so many of us, crave after several years of deep communal shock and grief. After the blitz of grief we have all endured, with special attention to disenfranchised communities, I no longer wish to cut from the cloth of BIPOC pain for my work. Aside from the counterproductive act of reopening wounds for healing or witnessing our joy in spite of inequities seems more harmful than good. I need the work to facilitate transcendence for myself and for the community.
