I have a great deal of respect for existing bodies of knowledge and their lineages. I think that is necessary. I have always operated on the premise that in order to truly know something, you must go totally into it. Experience it fully. And the only way to do this safely, is to have the capacity to remain yourself at the same time.
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Transforming the most vulnerable aspects of ourselves into empowerment is perhaps the most challenging and treacherous journey one can make, but truly, what else is there?
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I don’t want to tell the truth about myself, I make art so I don’t have to.
You want to know my race, my country, my religion. You want the biography of the artist for context and categorization. You want to know my financial status, what school I didn’t go to, what trauma I have suffered. You want to know these separations, distinctions, but I make art to show I am human.
I’m starting to look like the person I saw long ago…
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