I think there's an interesting line drawn towards extreme environments, and the way I define extreme is through a sense of otherness. Or foreignness.

The way that I Am is designed, it becomes a kind of archipelago, which the Bahamas are.

When you're in [ Bahamas], it feels like a bunch of islands, with keys and things like that. It's an existential archipelago. It's funny, you try to escape who you are and where you're from, but it's always part of your social DNA.

I think when you're younger and making things, it's something that you have to fight through, to finish things. I feel like I'm past that stage, and I get the appreciation for being in that moment, and soaking it in.

I think if art has one underlying value, it's that.

I think being an artist and taking on those challenges is just how it is for me. Because I was always a foreigner, I was always the outsider.

There's always a moment that tilts the scales of the project, and it's always different in every project.