I am an artist—or perhaps more accurately, a "curator of self"—who is continually inspired, moved, and informed by something beyond myself, a spirit who uses my eyes, mind, and body to express its vision and feeling. Images and directions come to me upon waking from sleep and infuse me with ideas that are not "mine," but require me to use my unique sensibilities to express them. In this sense, the images I create are reflections of my inner life and intimate portrayals of various fragments of myself. I am continually drawn to the coexistence between the presence and absence of the divine, isolation and intimacy, nostalgia and memory, dreaming and waking life, and innate beauty and discovered beauty.