融合
Integration

A collection of 15-20 pieces from 2018-2023

In curating the work, I randomly sourced vintage frames which I restored to repair obvious blemishes but definitely not wanting them perfect!

Next, I mixed and matched these frames with my artworks to blend into the final images that express my journey. Each fit was a small destiny. A new version of beauty was created by mixing old and new.
This way, I got to review all my past works with a different perspective.

This collection represents the loving and accepting integration of past versions of me that I used to deny.
My process of making art has included transforming and even abandoning values that I long believed before I became an artist.

When the denial of my true self, and old beliefs made me confused and very unhappy, I found artistic expression as a path out of these depressions.
As with these pieces, the integration of our true identities includes growing a whole mind; learning to navigate feelings and making sense of thoughts, all the while dynamically re- framing our reality as we grow in relationship with ourselves and others.

I do not judge the past versions of me. They did not fail, they simply no longer expressed me. They are component parts of me from the past. Just as all the the nutrients in soil are dead things, so our past expressions now nurture growth today. The more diverse the dead things in soil, the better a plant can grow.
Our stories often need the right FRAME of mind to be viewed and understood.

Framed skillfully, we are all whole.