Music is my first love, where my artistic journey began.

In poetry, I didn't have to provide resolution. I could ask hard questions without feeling responsible for the answers.

I am more likely to get paid for my art if it's presented alongside a white artist, so the questions around value and agency arise: What choices should I make, or do I have to make, if I want to be compensated for my work? Why isn't my art valued on its own?

I have been and continue to be committed to art as a tool to ignite, comfort, and discomfort.

I have always considered the aesthetic of a project, including press photos, as a means to further the message of the art itself.

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."

As a general rule, I tend to collaborate with artists whose work I admire.