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When I returned, I did so as a truer version of myself—even if it was less \"socially acceptable.\" My photobook i want to rest and be held by someone who loves me is an elegy to the first 30 years of my life; it memorializes acts of self-destruction that were a marker of an inauthentic life. Regardless of the form my creativity takes, I know that liberation means crossing lines.\u003cbr\u003eMy painting is rooted in immediate, human experience. I use my own body as a reference point to contextualize my art in relation to the world, painting naked self-portraits in moments of vulnerability, sexual expression, and\/or power. Sometimes I exist within clearly defined spaces; sometimes I exist abstractly against spray-painted backgrounds and illustrative elements. 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