
In the Raw series (2023)
These pieces were made in the spirit of my radically pure music … they embody play, healing, experimentation, exploration, release, catharsis, co-existing truths, acceptance, courage … I survived because I wanted to know true love, relationships built on respect, autonomy, freedom, real care … because I wanted to be myself and sing to the trees, dance wherever I wanted to dance … because I wanted to make lots and lots and lots of art and share that art with others … because I wanted to know freedom … because I wanted to feel as alive as I possibly could … because I wanted to live! I know how hard and lonely life can be … my hope is that my art, my words, my music, simply being myself can serve as some puzzle pieces, some guidance, can provide some camaraderie as you look for yourself, your path, as you heal, as you move through this world searching for something …. aren’t we all searching for something? I am human, in the raw, with you.

In swooping, swishing,
Over, under, around,
Splish and splat,
I say what I cannot (yet)
In line, in paint, in crumple up, rip,
Rip, cut, paste, overlap, uncover, reveal …
I’m searching for something,
I’m trying, trying to name something.
You may not know what it is,
I may not yet have the words,
Together we will call it and
Call upon something raw and real,
Something magic inside
So we no longer have to feel that
Bitter taste in the mouth,
Rotten overload, without the words for it …
And in calling it by its name,
We learn how to free ourselves from it
Naming,
Calling,
Singing it out,
Dancing it out,
Doodling it out …
This is how we find the courage …
This is how we survive and then someday,
Find a way to truly live,
Raw magic, really being here …
We can and we will