““Is beauty an apex? Or is it just kind of a path that the thing walks?””

““It got me thinking about motherhood as creation, but also as discarding old selves or trying to discard old selves.””

““... time is not an element- it was invented by humans as a measuring device, and for some reason, it’s very valuable for everyone.””

““Whenever people think of fairies, they always seem to think of this really feminine, sweet thing.””

““They can be both a princess and a child with grubby sneakers at the same time.””

““Each knit and purl carries its own intention as you move through it in time.””

““This is definitely an interpretation of my city tranquility.””

““She’s this winged creature, presumably flying around in the moonlight, who caught a glimpse of this naked man as he leaped into the sky.””

““You have the scarf right next to your skin, and my emotions are knitted into it.””

““Putting the human in space also made me think of the Big Bang- the existence of life.””

““This weirdo thing made out of dough that lives in a croissant, or maybe he is a croissant.””

““I never asked what his thoughts were at that moment when he was smelling the lavender.””

““I could tell someone about this, but I wouldn’t really know how to explain it.””

““I do think there is something very romantic about a laminated pastry.””

“ “... if you’re going to travel, you have to find a way to make work while you travel! There’s never a perfect time. There’s never a day when you have nothing to do- there’s always some excuse.””

““The rebirth process of it is all in that photo- that is the true me, right there.””

““I just felt really intrigued by that concept, of this infinite number of hands, able to touch infinitely in such a short amount of time.””

““I thought about that layering in terms of clay.””

““It’s ocean, it’s water, so it’s blue. It’s pretty simple!””

““It kind of came together on its own, with a lot of that back research and concept running in the background.””

““...borders between the historical and the present are very fine, and not very solid..””

““I wanted to make something that sounded like the ocean or an underwater environment, if you digitized it.””

““There were bread loaves hanging out there in the bushes, so there had to be bread of some kind.””

““What would be a good, fishy song for the very fishy piece that we’re making?””

““This painting is really about transcending all that is put on you, but also making that stuff your own.””

““And then I thought, if I were underwater, what would be the creepiest thing I could see?””

““I wanted to make a piece that shows the contrast between the perspective of the man, and the woman, who is crying inside, ‘You don’t really see my inside beauty- just the outside.’””

““I feel that it’s more like the perfection from the man who is painting her.””