a wholeness made of broken beings

none of it is wasteful - analog collage on A4 mixed media paper

We are not indivisible.

We are a collection of puzzle pieces.

Some pulled from different puzzles. Some missing. Most ill-fitting.

Some connections happen, but only by happenstance. Even then, there is almost never a complete alignment.

a world lost - analog collage on A4 mixed media paper

Collage, for me, acts as an invitation to sit within the tension of our own discordance and incongruity.

To abide within the disruption and discontinuity.

It's not about what's visible, so much as what's buried.

What's hidden in the cracks of memory and identity. The half-forgotten. The half remembered.

The layers of collision and comingling. The shadows and history that we carry.

It's a meditation of what it means to be constructed of fragments.

A wholeness made of broken beings.

mementos and depictions - analog collage on A4 mixed media paper

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P.S. ICAD Day 69-72

only your in-breath - analog collage on 4x6 index card

a monstrous little voice - analog collage on 4x6 index card

for the sake of getting through - analog collage on 4x6 index card

while the dark - analog collage on 4x6 index card

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P.P.S. - I was recently asked to be a guest on the Vulnerability in Life and Art Podcast. I had a wonderful conversation with host Sarah Sniderman. We talked about my collage process and the role it plays in both my creative and meditative practices. I was concerned that I rambled nonsensically through the discussion and was hesitant to listen to it. But, after having listened to it i can say there were moments where I was almost coherent. Thanks so much to Sarah for being so gracious and kind. You can find the episode here, on Spotify here, and on Apple Podcasts here. Hope you like it!

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