Things I have lost, things I cannot have or keep, I can still write about, and make art. I hold a world in my head.

Fiction vs Non-fiction

If I were a writer, I would write fiction. I read almost exclusively fiction, and more specifically, sci/fi or fantasy.

My art uses fantastic elements to examine deeper truths. Visual metaphors allow me to hypothesize about human experience.

Consensual Reality

Consensual reality is often neither consensual, nor convincingly real. While the teaching may begin at birth, participation waits until we have achieved either a degree of awareness or autonomy. However, our participation in this "agreement," this picture of reality, is forced by the threat of harmful labels and social sanctions. Labels often include "crazy" "antisocial" "stupid" or "weird."

Yes we have to function together as a society, but must we hurt those who perceive this world in a different way?

Art has the power to change our narrow perceptions of others. Art, film, literature, all have the power to depict other possibilities and ways of seeing the world. If they touch our hearts as well, they may teach us something.

Source Material

Source material is really important to me. Nothing comes from nowhere, and ideas can grow on their own, but a lot of my ideas have concrete sources that I can point to. Working from specific photos often gives me a lot of material even if it changes to the point of being unrecognizable.

Art draws me in, and out. It makes me keep examining myself and the world around me.