The romanticized, tortured artist will die, and I will be the one to kill him.

Making art from a place of joy is an important discovery and integral part of my recent work. Artists should not be marginalized to just their mental illness or trauma, because it’s not a viable long-term approach to making art or building a life. In all my future work, I want to champion this concept by bringing the joy I have for complicated and challenging art into collaborative projects that focus on immersive artistic experiences.