The idea of the body plays a formative role in my creative endeavors. My art explore how sexual assault changes the physiology of the brain and body, and how we heal through acts of imagination. Healing comes in waves, and I examine how these waves relate to visible and invisible landscapes. In these liminal landscapes, I surrender to the holy act of creation itself and creation in terms of the self. Being raped forces you to grieve your prior identity and create a new self. The in-between of having no self at all—the abandonment of identity—opens up a new way of existing and creating.

By exploring the world of in-betweens, creative evolution is expansive. Beauty is lost and found in my work, just as healing is. My creative practice is used as a spiritual practice, emphasizing the importance between aesthetic and function. I dream of dripping candle wax into poems, weaving flowers and prairie grasses into cages, and letting them decay in spaces where the public can witness their life cycle. I yearn to create new realities and push the limits of time-based work by exploring the sensations of the surreal.

I seek to visually explore how capitalism lives within our nervous systems, and how vulnerability and collaboration can help us. The hierarchical power structures of our economy produce stress and a state of powerlessness, exploiting the body’s survival responses. I aim to create performance art in relation to this: hypervigilance, hyper-arousal (extreme agitation), and hypo-arousal (shutting down, paralysis). By using the body as a chariot for storytelling, we can explore culture and intimacy in ways that can transform and heal. Through art-making, I invite the audience to question what’s important to them: their places in the world, relationships, memories, and ideas.

Moreover, I want to use my work as a tool to talk about how colonization suppresses queerness and how decriminalizing sex work will reduce stigma and violence. A lot of my art/ritual work surrounds abolishing gender expectations and moving toward acceptance and celebration of who we are. Most humans have experienced shame around sexual experiences or desires. By creating ethereal bedroom installations, I intend to initiate sexual sorcery and revolution from the shackles of shame. Using the wheel of consent (a touch exercise) in my work can evoke dialogue around boundaries, comfort, and trust, encouraging people to forgo formality and rekindle their search for pleasure and childlike joy.