I feel like my perception has changed a little because when I was posting stuff online it was an extension of my studio and then it started getting some of the attention. Now it's like, "Oh, this is actually a place where you can make money," but I'm not interested in competing in that space. It seems like too much to deal with.

Even though the art world goes through trends, you do know that it'll come up again.

I was in that generation where I was torn if you should put it on the web because you're giving it away for free but you also want people to see your work.

As artists, sometimes our work is chaotic; we don't easily communicate our needs to other people in a way that they understand.

I think I'm aware of entering my late 30s versus being in my late 20s, when the web was coming out as this new thing. It reminds me of how people used to tell me about my great-grandmother and how they used to gather around a radio listening to soap operas.

It's interesting how as an artist you keep evolving, but if you can get into the contemporary art space, if the works are in institutions and museums, they keep living on and on and on, even if you move to a different space, that work is still operating.

I've learned that I need to learn how to direct without making the person distracted and keeping them comfortable, and pay more attention to lighting.