Abstract
The building blocks of an individual-what holds them up and what ties them down-construct the complex and contradictory layers of the psyche. Often lines of perception and reality are blurred in the mind, and irrational tendencies overlooked or ignored. I find myself captivated by extreme cases of this particularly human trait, and examine how these contradictions may encourage feelings of uncertainty, vulnerability, and insecurity that foster conditions of anxiety and depression. Through this examination of psychological identity, my sculptures are physical manifestations of the self-aware and unrelenting mind, and act as interlocutors traveling between reality and fantasy, conscious and subconscious.