Silence continues to be my best mentor and my source of untold inspiration. From my earliest experiences meditating while in high school, I have continually found that settling into silence is a transformative journey. When I allow myself to embark on that journey, I feel both empowered and compelled to represent the feelings I experience in visual form.

My desire to explore the realms of silence while noticing my own receptivity to that exploration has formed the core of my artistic pursuit: a persistent desire to understand the natural world and in-turn, myself, through silence. Every time I pause and pay attention to the silence, I find that Rumi was right: it has so much to say. Each one of my creations is an expression of these silent words.