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Arrangement

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Deconstruction

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I Am Still Here

“I am still here” is an anonymous response from A Monument for the Anxious and Hopeful that lives on in my rituals. I stamp it repeatedly like a visual meditation, a swarm of vows to invoke guts, fortitude, presence. A reminder that dead loved ones are just a memory away.      

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Koans for 2020

I have spent most of this pandemic year working with handwritten responses from past projects that have resonated with me: Fatigue. Existential Dread. Our country is on the edge of disaster. The ability to find peace within chaos. It’s not over and it really isn’t too late. I carved, stamped, painted, waxed, and rubbed them like fleshy […]

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Lighting for the Nocturnal

Finland’s winter darkness soothes my nocturnal soul and it’s even more contemplative with the ubiquitous candelabras. After living in Helsinki ten years ago, James and I returned to Finland for a month-long artist residency on the island of Korpo in the Baltic Sea. Many residents are Swedish or identify with both cultures, and the Swedish […]

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My Inclination Toward Oblivion

Handwritten reflections on self-destruction + ink transfer.