Artist's Statement

All people are created equal. I have to believe this. I have to believe that we are all equally skilled, that if boring, unimaginative and unskilled people just tapped into their secret internal reservoir of magic then they could make art like me. Because the other half of me knows that's not true. That part of me knows that we are not created equal. It knows that I am both more and less than the average woman. Small talk confounds me, conversation terrifies me, I never know whether I'm doing the right thing, tormented by doubt. Though I can pull these images out of my heart with the flick of my wrist, I can barely look another human being in the face. And nobody wants avoidance. That's why I keep looking for this mythical place where everyone is as creative as me. Where people are inspired by the same thing as me. Because if I'm different, I'm not equal. And all people are created equal. They're all worth the same.