Heathen

Self Portrait + Character Practice + mini song, "Heathen" (made in collaboration with SUPERGOOD4uTHING)

Since the moment I began taking self portraits, I loved the reduction of emotion to color association. Because I'd feel so deeply and often in a way that was overwhelming, the idea that yellow = happy, blue = sad, red = mad, etc. brought me comfort. It allowed emotions to seem categorical and safe. We all know that feelings aren't so controllable, or safe, but painting myself into these reduced color simplicities allows me to feel more able to approach and explore the intense intricacies of feeling.

I've been playing with hyper expression in live performance for a while now, emulating a (singing) mime. I have mentioned to folks my desire to start studying miming seriously, having the mime become a recurring archetype in my work.

This is amongst the first iterations of that.