Creating connects me to the Universe in a way I can’t explain. To realize I am just a piece of it all. We all are. And that’s enough.

There is something so beautiful in the idea that we are the accumulation of other people’s energy, and in a way we are all connected. At the end of it all, we are just the stories we carry with us.

This piece represents my yearning to return to the moments of my childhood when I felt free, before the pressures of growing up felt so suffocating and inescapable. To return to the summer day I spent roller blading in the driveway.

Captain Russeaux represents that internal desire to abandon the expectations put on us as we grow, and to return to a place of authenticity, love, and presence.