"Accepting Myself Was All I Ever Wanted"
Neon, Glass, Quilted Fabric, Beads
32"x 32"x 1"
2017
Sometimes the hardest reality is looking within yourself. Seeing all that you are, is simple in thought and difficult in practice which I personally struggled with for years. A close friend of mine asked me if I could go home and look at myself in the mirror and say out loud that I loved myself. I started to tear up as I realized that I couldn't do it because I knew I wouldn't believe it and that scared me. This piece is a homage to that moment of wanting to be enough for myself, to love who I was.