Like many individuals, I am always in my head. There isn't a moment in the day where I am not thinking. My therapist would tell me that this is a side effect of my anxiety and depression; she is right of course, but is an overactive imagination really a bad thing? Mostly I'm having "what if" conversations in my head, questioning why the world is the way it is, or wondering if there are mythical beings laughing at the state of humanity. Completely harmless! Mostly. 

 

As a child, my overactive imagination was a virtue because I was never bored, and if I was bored, I would read. A lot. Then what read would impact whatever was going on in my mind. It still does, actually. Heck, I don't stop thinking when I go to sleep. When I sleep, my dreams are vivid episodes of wild fantasies where dragons and magic exist. I blame Christopher Paolini and Rick Riordan for that.

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All of my thoughts, worries, dreams, and previous experiences fuel my artwork. Sometimes I make something because it will provide a function in my life. Other times I will create an image that I swore I saw in a dream. Sometimes, I create something new and daring just to see if I can do it. My art may change in style or medium, but there will always be an immense amount of thought and research put into the work. My gears never stop turning which then fuels my highly conceptual and sort of weird work.