\ i hold a jar of galaxies /
🫙🌌🌀
\ i hold a jar of galaxies / 🫙🌌🌀
🌀🌌🫙
(and the galaxies hold me)
🌀🌌🫙 (and the galaxies hold me)
alchemizing suffering into serenity,
i solidify my complete metamorphosis.
My lifelong journey as an artist has been profoundly transformative, leading me to discover healing, empowerment, and self-love. Recently, I have been confronting shadows of a traumatic past, actively seeking to transmute my perspective in a way that both celebrates and honors my inner child.
\ i hold a jar of galaxies /
Inspired by the multiverse theory and the idea of reality shifting, this endeavor represents a model of rebirth and personal liberation created through coupling acts of destruction and transformation.
\ i hold a jar of galaxies / is a series in development featuring multimedia works constructed as a means of liberating my inner child from former narratives rooted in suffering.
The project involves deconstructing old journals, photographs, and legal records documenting my past trauma: from child abuse to psych ward lock-ups. I imagine new possibilities for these deconstructed elements, combining them to form magical new worlds centered around rebirth and metamorphosis.
Through these radical yet profoundly cathartic acts of destruction and regeneration, I dismantle former conceptions I held of myself and my reality — replacing notions of victimhood and suffering with personal agency and self-empowerment.
alchemizing suffering into serenity,
i solidify my complete metamorphosis.
\ i hold a jar of galaxies /
[finished project coming soon...]
The process behind Quantum Leap (pictured above) exemplifies my creative method rooted in transformative liberation:
>>>I began by gathering all printed photographs from my childhood, arranging them face-up across the floor.
>>>Ensuring that I took intentional deep breathes and water breaks as needed, I then proceeded to cut my abuser out of every photo in which he appeared.
>>>With scissors in hand, I proceeded to cut him into tiny indistinguishable fragments that I piled together before discarding in a dumpster outside (accompanied by a long exhale of relief).
>>>Once back in my studio, I took time to intentionally admire and appreciate the resulting liberation photos of my child self—eternally free from harm.
>>>I documented these liberation photos before I digitally collaged them, uniting my past selves with rainbows to bridge time and space.