There was a chapbook competition with a submission date on my birthday. I found out a month before, and I didn't stop working. As I continued, it slowly became a way to honor my younger self and step into adulthood. The act of ruminating with one's self is a theme that keeps coming up, which definitely fits with my pandemic experience. Being trapped with myself for so long meant that I was ruminating and picking myself apart, this gave me a place to put all of that energy with more intention, love and care. --Label design by exhibit curator Nancy DeJoy. Labels written by Ben Lash and his team in consultation with artist statements.
