Words have always held great weight for me, from early formation of letters to reading in backyard sheet forts and learning languages. Looking through nearly 30 years of sketchbooks confirms the influence of language on my work, or at least the ideas behind the passages and quotes and observations I recorded. I see that I've relied on words to confirm what I suspect visually.
We've entered an unreliable time for language, where statements are made and opinions voiced, words are manipulated. I'm campaigning for a resurgence of kind comments, words of encouragement, and a language of solidarity. How can our dialogue become subversive in its ability to help create space for people to be who they are without fear, or for difficult truths to be spoken and held tenderly?
Be the Light, 2017