Some things must
be said. It has been really valuable to examine my process in such a protracted
way, really pulling apart my thoughts in hopes of creating well informed works
and allowing myself the emotion that comes from such prolonged focus. There is
plenty of work to do and an entirely different commitment to be made in order
to realize this visually. Hopefully, I will. Thanks to my friends Andrea
Collins and Beth Hacker at
by and large for the opportunity to get my head right. Nya weh to Kerry Hawk Lessard for endless inspiration
and honest, unfiltered talk allowing me to look at uncomfortable subjects.
Also, thanks to both of the artists who've blocked me for asking the simplest
of questions about their work, for reminding me that well thought out, honest
work makes a confident artist and withstands more than light question. Art
should sometimes help us make sense of our world and it shouldn't always be
easy. Nya weh to the spirits for giving me a piece of art to make in
retaliation, and for inspiring so much more than that first vision. I put my
tobacco down for each one of these words, for each concept spoken in the first
language.
Jess McPherson
