Completed in 2023, the pieces in this series started out as a photograph printed on archival paper. They were then altered through the application of plant-based pigments, acrylic paint, ink, collage, charcoal, conte crayon, thread, watercolor, and graphite. You can read more about the process of making this series here.

A couple notes of inspiration and attribution:

• The song about wanting to be like a bird, which I reference in the poem, is by Amanda Shires. You can have a listen to it here.

• “The map is not the territory” (the title to one of the pieces in this series) is a phrase that was coined by Alfred Korzybski in 1933. It describes the maps we create and/or inherit, the way we use them to navigate life, and the way we can mistake them for truth. You can read more about this idea here.