Art has always been the most efficient way of communicating for myself. It's the most beautiful way to engage with the world when language or words get in the way. It is nice to be able to allow others to interpret their own meanings through the shared experience of viewing a piece of art. I construct pieces that connect people with each other through the internal rollercoaster that exists within themselves, thus opening up the deeper conversation regarding mental awareness. People need to be reminded that they are allowed to be vulnerable with what is spinning around in their being. Something about existing has always been a very daunting thing to cope with on a day to day basis. Ever since I can remember I have always felt this looming shadow presence that has followed me around to every place I've lived and every room I enter. It's a bizarre energy to exist with and as a kid it always felt like a human form presented within a shadow. As I have gotten older I have yet to pin what exactly this presence is, but I have however come to believe that it is possibly my mind's way of making sense of the anxiety I have dealt with. I used to think that the anxiety was caused by the figure, but It is as if my anxiety is so strong that my mind has projected this external presence to allow for a tangible reasoning behind such complex fears and darkness.