“I am just the messenger, my hands have not marked this history,” is repeated over and over again in the historical documents I encounter during my investigations while conceptualizing my art. I have an MFA in poetry, and an MFA in studio art, which is to say I love research. Dedicating hours to reading and writing before I sit down at my looms enables me to slow down my process and decide which story I want to coax out of the depths. In my work, I try to pause and capture the moment that occurs where society turns away from what is happening, in an attempt to hold the viewer’s eyes open. By using history as a lens to examine the female body, I can explore the charged awareness of my own body and identity as a survivor of abuse and violence.
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