Self-portrait series: These three pieces were created at different points in my journey.

“The lies most mirrors tell”/plastic shells reveal the dirty ugliness of a soulless core/foundation cover up and pretty paints divulge/vacillation and insecurity

eclipsed/each blemish- imperfection slicked back out of view with hairsprays and designer costumes/everyday is a Halloween day at the local shopping center/every dollar spent/another coin in the slot/feeding ignorance/corporate machine/manicured fingers grip mirrors of corporate media conditioning/greed/how beautiful is your reflection?

painted lips/ shimmering jewels/ignorance is a cancerous collection of genes/birthing excess/narcissism/denial/society deems you perfect/little robot/It's personal pet caged by slave labor.

“Reflections”-

Done in 2003, I wrote “for Jason”… Jason was a friend who took care of me for a short while during 2003. We were both laid-off from the same business which is also where we met. I think he fell in love with me, and I broke his heart, crashed his car. I have tried many times to track this man down since he moved out of state. I have yet to succeed. But someday I would like to repay my debt to him.

“Take the power back”-

2005, I am a prisoner in this piece. I was pregnant with my son, Aleczander. I was confronted by all my most inner fears. The second term of my pregnancy was the beginning of the end of my relationship with Zander's father, George. Everyday was another day that I was having an emotional crisis. I was battling fears of making the same mistakes made unto me; sexual, physical, and emotional abuse; neglect, poverty, drug addiction. Mean while George had revealed to me that a member of his family had molested him and his older brother. My insistence that this be addressed led to my banishment from the family.

“Autumn in contemplation”-

2006, this is the third of the series. I am doubtful it will be the last.