/// MY ART IS BORN OUT OF PERSONAL NEED
In all my years, it was only art that has gripped the way it does. I have found that it is my way of seeing the world and responding to it.
/// MY ARTISTIC DRIVE IS METAMODERN
I believe in the fragile invitation of the pursuit of renewed hope. We’re not inherently lonely, but meant to live in communion - part of a bigger story than just our-
selves. My part in this story is reflecting my creator by being an artist.
/// MY CREATION REFLECTS MY INNER WORLD
I create out of a wondering about my inner world: through honest introspection, I relate and respond to my outer world.
/// MY ART HAS NO
FIXED OUTPUT
I believe that it is dependent on its message. My body of work is inherently interdisciplinary, mostly form and sound in engagement with an audience.
/// MY ART IS FUELED BY NECESSITY
It truly fixates me when its connected to some sense of transcending relevance, whether innovation or activism.
/// MY ART IS PERMANENTLY INFLUENCED BY MY FAITH
Just like a human’s output is inherently emotional, my art is drenched with faith.
/// I AM CALLED TO BE AN ARTIST
I believe it’s my life’s work to create and distribute art: to organize, create, exhibit and perform. And to do so in communion with other artists and with society in general: creating with integrity and purpose.
/// AUDIENCES DEEM ART
Creators create creations, and the audience deems art. I believe creation becomes art when it starts to relate to its audience, not just to its creator.
/// ART IS
TRANSFORMATIONAL
TO THE SURRENDERED
In a communal space, art has the opportunity to be transubstantiated to the surrendered. Where the art educates them, transforming the surrendered. They transform into more honest versions of themselves. Just like I did, when I started to join in its materialization.
This is all to say that I’m still human and I battle my insecurities like any other. Many think I know what I’m doing, but maybe I’m just bluffing with a passion. I love creating art, but it’s also a constant confrontation of my own inabilities. It’s like a thorn in my flesh.
My hope for you, David, is that when you read this, you know that you just have to pull through. Because you wouldn’t start with your project, your hyperfixation, if you weren’t sure of its importance. My hope for you is that you will find joy in wrestling, and will come out stronger.
My hope for you, audience, is that you won’t see art as mere entertainment, but as a way for self-growth and self-revelation.
My hope for you, artist, is that you won’t stay in your own hermit cave, but reach out to find other opinions than your own. And that when you do, you will find communion through our creative practice.
