From my most recent rewrite

            In many ways, my concepts and my methods grow together and inform each other. The huge, beautiful buildings I portray give every indication of immutability and permanence, but many took decades to finish, if not centuries, and they are all under constant repair as materials succumb to the erosive effects of wind, water, and constant use. I regard these buildings as “living” in the sense that they are certainly aging, and death is far from impossible. In the same way, I consider my materials to be “living” since they change over time, whether it’s clay drying and hardening in the kiln, and then being painted or glazed, or it’s digital images being resized, recolored, and reimagined.