CONCEPT
“In my work, thought is an afterthought and experience takes priority. A gust of wind sliding past your skin, the drops of water that shock your face in small pricks, the annoyance at a train’s closing doors, the disappointed taste of sour strawberries, the sunlight pinching your face, the calm comfort of a long-awaited embrace, the tight pain of sharp memories, the ripple of pleasure in your muscles, the overwhelming wash of color at concerts, the subtle joy at the return of curiosity- these innate feelings and sensations I find profound and allow me to be present, and I need to be present. Inconsistency, fear, and chaos echo from my past, reminders of idiocy and immaturity and insecurity, and to be truly present in insignificance I ground myself in existence and give myself freedom to experience this life in full. To dissect these moments would remove that power, leaving empty, big words that don’t mean much.”