We Fly With Our Own Wings

Torn

2010

In the beginning...

Pablo Picasso said, “Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war.” I did not set out to be a conventional artist, nothing about my work, or my lifestyle, is conventional. I have never felt that I fit into a category and out of this frustration I began searching for identity. The field of community arts is the marriage I was looking for – it speaks to both the political being and the artist inside me in a holistic expression of freedom.

As I embark on this journey, with my band of fellow misfits, I will remind myself and each other of why we are here. Baltimore.... I love you!?