Exploring the complexity of identity

"Faces We Make" explores identity & representation through abstract expressions, perspective, and line work. I use line work to explore the labyrinths of facial expression by tracing the invisible contours of faces we make, revealing how the very lines that divide/ define the shape of one face also connects them to other expressions.

The Train Writer series holds still the speed of commuter culture. The images simulate one's intimate train of thought by juxtaposing a still thought form verse with a fleeting New York scene, further blurring the lines between observer and subject, thus redefining how poetry is experienced as a singular but shared affair between source and muse.

In such a symmetry, the transience of transit is a reflection of the ephemeral nature of our own emotions in between destinations. Similar to our thoughts in transit, the words in focus simulate the beholder's grasp and clarity over their own anonymous experience.

Ether explores the relationship between individual, intimate feeling and higher thinking by using elements I've experienced in nature, photos I've taken of those elements, and poems I've written, to blur the lines between mediums and create a transcendent experience.