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.

I couldn't write about love without writing about hate - specifically, how the experience of hatred embeds itself in the body and prevents love from entering or leaving.

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

I always work with text orally in the writing process, saying passages aloud to measure flow.

I do use art as a site of protest, particularly in relation to dominant narratives.

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

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?