05/06/2026
This one is a vulnerable post on a few fronts, y'all. Back in January and February I was not in a great place on the brain front. I had a death in the family, like many I was struggling with the news out of Minneapolis, and seasonal depression was hitting me hard. Instead of feeling my feelings, I was ignoring them - scrolling, trying to paint them away, generally dissociating.
One day my sadness and fury came to a head and I decided to take it out on paper. I got into my stack of old abandoned art - things that didn't come together or that I'd lost enthusiasm for - and I started ripping it to shreds, letting my frustration out in a physical way. And then, on a whim, I started gluing the pieces to a board. When I came up for air, I had something beautiful, and I found an unexpected catharsis.
It feels so tender to share these two pieces with the world, both because they are my first collage and because of the emotions behind them, but I'm going for it 💜 “A Necessary Rage” and "The Darker These Days" will be on display with a bunch of other fantastic collage art at Push/Pull starting this weekend.
