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Anxiety dreams occupy large portions of my subconscious world which is why anxiety has been a common thread that weaves through my work. While the situations, characters and locations in my dreams may change, the overarching themes remain the same-being lost, losing my purse, showing up at the final exam when I forgot to go to class all semester, being late, injured or chased.
subconscious realities installation view 1
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subconscious realities installation view 2
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I am frantically searching for my purse--I have lost my money and my identification. I agonize at the thought of having to stand in line at the DMV to get a new license...
2004 cyanotype on silk organza, ortho litho film
I know where I am but nothing looks familiar...
2004 cyanotype on silk organza, ortho litho film
My mom is driving the car way too fast. The semi truck in front of us suddenly stops. My mom slams on the brakes and my car is airborne...
2004 cyanotype on silk organza, ortho litho film
I see my grandmother as a young girl. However, she is wearing the same dress she wore at her funeral. She tells me that it feels good to be young again...
2004 cyanotype on silk organza, ortho litho film
My boss is lying down and I think that she is just resting. Then I realize that I am at the morgue, she is dead and lying on an autopsy table...
2004 cyanotype on silk organza, ortho litho film
A tidal wave of water knocks me over when I open the door to the second floor. I start falling down the stairs with fish flying everywhere...
2004 cyanotype on silk organza, ortho litho film
Reaching for my wallet in my pants pocket, I realize that I forgot to put on my pants before leaving the house this morning...
2004 cyanotype on silk organza, ortho litho film
I am rushing back to the office for a meeting so I take what I think is a shortcut through a house but is has stairs that never end...
2004 cyanotype on silk organza, ortho litho film
I feel completely overwhelmed when I have to take the final exam for Differential Equations because I had forgotton to go to class all semester...
2004 cyanotype on silk organza, ortho litho film
I'm being chased by a menacing creature. I am running to my sister's house--I look up and see somthing in the form of a human...
2004 cyanotype on silk organza, ortho litho film
I am reading a book in the family room when the house explodes and I am the only one left alive...
2004 cyanotype on silk organza
Everything is out of order. I am pleading for the parking meter to work--I am panicked because I already have over 100 parking tickets...
2004 cyanotype on silk organza
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