an_artist_statement_wip falling_alone I took a movement and voice workshop, once, with Jean-Renee Toussaint, who told me there was a fire inside waiting to be released. This he said after repeatedly screaming at me to paint the ceiling with color, use my voice, to paint, to punch holes through the ceiling. I find that my hands become my voice. They create and when they create they are always searching. I search constantly for a new voice with them. Every project is like this for me. I create not only costumes but worlds for the artists I work with. Together we create something that never was. 160127 ... falling_alone The materials influence the process and the process evolves the product. The research and development of the garment is often times more important to me than the final result. The result to me could end up being a failure, but by pushing myself beyond the traditional means of design, I am expanding the vocabulary I have for the next world I create. 160127 ... falling_alone Often I work with directors without a script. I become an integral part in the creative process, I have the opportunity to shape how the actors are influenced in the piece before words are set to the page. Together we work to a create a world from emotion and image. The garments become the vessel which conveys the emotion. 160128 ... unhinged as a violinist: i dedicate myself to teaching others the five hundred year old tradition of beauty left in our instrument's wake. i dedicate my performing to releasing my heart into the greater world as a writer: truth 160129 ... falling_alone I want to ask questions. I want the audience to ask. the answers come from a world of exploration, we use the phrase "throw shit against the wall and see what sticks", run with it, expand upon it, digest it, shit it out again, and mold it into something else. (how do i say this less crudely) Collaboration is the cornerstone of the work. An element disconnected will weaken the story. 160212 ... falling_alone I want to ask questions. I want the audience to ask. the answers come from a world of exploration, we use the phrase "throw shit against the wall and see what sticks", run with it, expand upon it, digest it, shit it out again, and mold it into something else. (how do i say this less crudely) Collaboration is the cornerstone of the work. An element disconnected will weaken the story. 160212 what's it to you? who go blather from