One of my discourses....

My discourse as an artist lies in the never-ending quest of filling the gap that remains between my two halves. Part of me wants to be an artist who is constantly creating, part of me wants to help those in need and have a social connection to the world, and in the middle lies a gap. In order for me to be the best artist that I can be, I must fill this gap. While I am always searching for a way to do this, I am constantly finding interest in the connections we make with what we are surrounded by, waste and wasting, industry and industrial materials, nature and natural materials, shapes, colors, purposeful and not so purposeful objects, and other ordinary things. The relations we have and the actions we take with all of these things are general representations of our society, whether problematic or not. By using these subjects and things in my art is how I strive to be socially conscious and relate to our society. I am striving to make work that sends a subtle message to its viewers. Whether that message is sent in the act of making the work of art or whether it is sent in the product will vary from creation to creation. Through being an artist in society, I want to make creative change that effectively bridges the gap between the two parts of myself and the two parts of the world today: its problems and their solutions.