Lately, I have chosen to work with compositions that reflect moments in which I was struck by the beauty or emotion of, moments of loneliness and contemplation, pain, joy, renewal and rebirth. Some of these moments are memories deeply encoded through their repetition, emotional impact, or assigned importance. Others are ephemeral moments otherwise forgotten, and some are vague accounts of revelation and divergence, turning points in my life. My sculptures give abstract gesture to what I find beautiful and true. Crafted with great attention to detail over several weeks, they are embedded with personal stories of symbolism. Their commonality and duality echo my contrary inner monologue. My art is an attempt to express my perception of the world and communicate my story. The art making process is therapeutic for me, which can make it bittersweet at times but also enlightening and joyful. My work is automatically personal, but any honest attempt to convey a spectrum of pure emotion is bound to touch on universal themes of the human experience.