A lot of folks want me to say that my queer and transgender identity influences my work. It isn’t untrue but I also think it isn’t as important to me as other individuals who belong to the same or similar identities. I guess I primarily identify as a broken person, a struggling person, a fuck up, a let down. Sometimes I feel like the whole world is out to get me. Sometimes I feel like the whole world is bowing at my feet.

I guess being flawed, unsure, and deeply human are more in line with whatever definition of “identity” we are talking about. If those things are my identity – I guess I just want to keep my head down and keep working. I work all day, every day. The only way to squash or maybe one day overcome these parts of myself is through working. I want to make things that connect me to other people.