As a Mississippi native, I grew up surrounded by stories and music that often conveyed serious truths by way of circuitous routes.

As someone who was raised in a political family and who later obtained an undergraduate degree in religion, I have always been fascinated by the power of myth and imagery to both illuminate and inspire, obfuscate and oppress.

And as a licensed psychotherapist, I obviously enjoy showing someone a blot of ink and saying, “Tell me more about that.”

Experiencing an object or image in stark isolation creates a dissonance that we instinctively want to resolve with an almost instantaneous creation story – real or imagined – of context and relation. It is that impulse and all that follows that brings me joy and constant inspiration with my linocuts. With pen-and-inks, I believe the devil is in the details, and I simply act as the devil’s advocate.

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