As a brown artist, I have mixed feelings about my relationship to art and my "responsibilities" post-Trump.

I tend to focus less on genre as a starting point and more on idea or intention and let the idea dictate genre.

Art can sometimes be separate from the artist.

In my thirties, I have felt a greater urgency to make art that highlights what it feels like to be racialized, likely due to living in a country that obscures our racism with the idea of "multiculturalism."

I am always hesitant to call myself an activist, mostly out of respect for the activists who are using their bodies and voices to protest or activists online who are constantly engaging and educating others.

When I was writing, I wanted every word to be not only deliberate, but musical. Precious.

As a brown artist, I have mixed feelings about my relationship to art and my "responsibilities" post-Trump.