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intertwined

            I've become such a subtly different artist than I used to be. It's a thrill. Once I was lured by falsities of audience validation. Once I believed my worth to be tied to productivity. It wasn't long ago. A year? A month ago? And now?

I see myself intertwined with my past self, my future self. In that embrace of old and new there is no shame.If you feel shame in your transformation, let it go. It has no place in the work we are doing to become who we are meant to be.

I am a patchwork. I see it in the roles I embody minute to minute. 
Mother. Daughter. Sister. Wife. 
Photographer. Writer. Sculptor. Painter. 
Entrepreneur. Educator. Speaker. Mentor.

In all my roles: dreamer.
In dreaming: discovery.
In discovery: curiosity.
In everything: enough.

To make this image, I photographed myself in many positions with slight variations in angle to ensure different pieces would fit together. Creating shadows was key to making the pieces fit naturally. Suspension of belief was key to fitting them together in the first place. 

A surrealist quilt of flesh. Frankensteined - which is to say: sewn with hope, flawed, human. Just like my life. Just like yours. Sewn with hope. Flawed. Human.

"Intertwined", self-portrait, February 2021Available in print: 10x10" ed. of 15 & 20x20" ed. of 10

   

Taken on: February 7, 2021

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