personal & experimental
personal archive
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faces, places, forms, & features
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mommy and me
'mommy and me' is an attempt to connect with my late mother who passed away when I was young. I didn't know her when most of these images were captured, but I created this project as an attempt to learn more about her. As a result, I feel closer to her than I did when she was living. Rest in peace to a beautiful soul, DLK.
a poem for us
soul is immortal, body is a garment.
soul needs a new home.
wounds are fresh, landscape uneven.
but i see soul is steady and unabandoned.
steady equals coping, equals breathing, allows living.
she is at peace and she is free.
body no longer hinders, limitations no longer.
proudly i follow, live in her legacy.
soul is eternal, soul lives within me.
new body, new garment,
keeper of her soul, no greater reward.
the past is alive and will not be ignored.
live installation
This project is an exploration of my mother's life. I delved deep to gather as many pieces of her story as I could, with each piece becoming an intricate part of the puzzle. The live installation features various facial features that belong to both my mother and me, physically stacked together to illustrate my process of finding answers. While not every piece is conventionally placed, they all belong.
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dinomares
Dinosaurs have stomped through my imagination since before I can remember. As a child, I’d drift off to visions of towering T. rexes and Brontosauruses. A handful of plastic dinosaurs helped me create a Jurassic playground, which breathed life into those wild dreams.