I Happen To Be A Hopeaholic. I

Friendship Is A Wildly Underrated Medication.

Some People Study A Text Very Deeply. The People Are My Text. I Study Their Words And What Their Words Sound Like, Over And Over Again. When I Was A Kid, My Grandfather Said That "if You Say A Word Often Enough, It Becomes You." Thinking Of That Later In Life Gave Me This Idea That I Could Try To Become America By Learning The Words Of People From Many Aspects Of The Country. It Doesn't Matter How Educated They Are. By Living In The World And Living Their Experiences, They Bring Extraordinary Truths. I Try To Do Those Truths Justice.

My Work Is About Giving Voice To The Unheard, And Reiterating The Voice Of The Heard In Such A Way That You Question, Or Re-examine, What Is The Truth.

I Am Interested In Personal Stories Because That's When People Become Expressive, Spontaneous And Heartfelt.

Self-esteem Does Not Come From Surrounding Yourself With People And Things That Seem To Increase Your Value. Real Self-esteem Is An Integration Of An Inner-value With Things In The World Around You.