My work is about many different things: playfulness, invention, myth, sadness, abuse, tragedy, philosophy, delight, rage, dreams, loss, family, and religion. What I find most interesting is the breadth and structure of visual language, and how one can arrive at a personal dialect that evolves from the vernacular. I have developed and cultivated my own vocabulary by interacting with mentors and peers inside and outside academia, reading, daydreaming—stubbornly refusing to accept things without question.