Stoneheads

My work which I named “Stoneheads”, is not only a representation of the absurdity of brief encounters with others, but also a translation as to how these encounters affect me and my mental state. I found, after many years of coping with social anxiety and fear, that the absurdity of interactions such as those that are brief, spontaneous, comical, and to a much more extreme extent dreadful are much more interesting to me than those interactions that are familiar. Absurdity and the uncomfortable tension that it brings forces me to be fully and freely present with the people I have these experiences with.

Born from my love of graffiti artwork, and the complete realization of the absurd with people, I seek the lucidity and clarity in the very tension that the absurdity of these encounters bring. My hope is to accept without judgement or bias, what these encounters can teach me about my identity as a human. Eventually I hope to see my work show others a way to relate with the absurd and to embrace its weird, and oftentimes uncomfortable truths about ourselves. As they can bring much value to how we as a species experience.