ode to sleep

“sometimes our most deepest conversations are with ourselves.” pillow-talk (2022) is a collection of abstract works that play on the idea of an intimate conversation. With the exception being it is with oneself. The works offer a colorful and messy interpretation of lines pulled from my personal journals, where my most deep conversations start. The journals act as markers in my life as I cope with past traumas, anxiety, waves of depression, the happiest moments, young adulthood to name a few. As a result, the words are littered in subtle imagery that looks at first to be out of place, and out of character. Overall, this collection are my thoughts and feelings fully realized as visual works, inviting the viewer to watch me reflect, accept and move forward with these journals, all before I fall asleep. I hope this shows that I am healing.