Before I started the self-portrait project, I have been recording the changes caused by population movement, urbanization, and globalization for a long time by taking landscape photos. I call them ‘Do Not Ask Me Where Is It.’. I documented the development and changes of the society around me. Then I realized that I had been changed a lot during the process for years. Not only because I am one...

Transcendental is relating to a spiritual or nonphysical realm. When something is transcendental, it is beyond ordinary everyday experience. So, it might be religious, spiritual, or otherworldly but it transcends. Transcendence is the act of rising above something to a superior state. Transcendence comes from the Latin prefix trans-, meaning "beyond," and the word scandare, meaning "to climb." ...

With so much going on in this world, we have begun to see the effects of our family and friends mental health. This piece represents all of those who suffer from a Mental illness.  It’s a personal piece that I hope touchs others. The brain, legs and hands were handcrafted by an amazing artist Pedro Torres. The fingers are made of 11 different kinds of wood. The brain is entirely hand designed w...

Jealousy has been rearing its vicious head for the first time, unmasked. A hideous smile so wide and deeply sunk, the rest of its face disappeared behind it. Only the piercing, malevolent eyes stand firmly above, so to penetrate my gaze. He sees me and I see him. A rigged staring contest in which the conqueror is already set takes place. To my great demise, it is not me. I am vanquished. Strand...

Jealousy has been rearing its vicious head for the first time, unmasked. A hideous smile so wide and deeply sunk, the rest of its face disappeared behind it. Only the piercing, malevolent eyes stand firmly above, so to penetrate my gaze. He sees me and I see him. A rigged staring contest in which the conqueror is already set takes place. To my great demise, it is not me. I am vanquished. Strand...

As a song writer,  most of my ideas come from experiences or from people I know who inspire me. Every now and then, though, I get 'channeled' into writing something that I have no idea where it comes from or why? This is one of those songs. This song hit me so hard it took me 2 days to capture all the vocals because I would get too emotional to sing. (Crying) 

"A World Within" explores the vast, endless inner worlds we create to escape from the world's chaos. Cultivating silence and looking within allows us to reflect, imagine, and transcend. Silencing our minds raises our self-awareness, helping us become more in tune with the people and experiences we really value. Silence improves our health and can assist us on the path to clarifying our deepest...

There are many reasons for my self-inflicted ennui. The first is that it’s self-inflicted, I’m doing this to myself, and I don't know how to stop. A part of me thinks that's standard practice for those in my generation and many voyeurs from generations before. They make up assumptions about us, “it’s their phones, they stare at screens all day and it’s not healthy” and my personal favorite “it’...

Hot tears peak from the crevices of my eyes  Burning with lost passion as each run towards its escape route down my cheeks Forming on my pillow as one A sight of pain in which grief has become the cause and its effects I’m feeling in the marrow of my bonesI too will grow from thisAnticipated heartbreak encircles my skull like vultures awaiting a fresh corpseRaging in the pit of my stomach like...