Excessive screen time has fractured my attention and wasted a lot of my time. Through the process of my art I actively combat the impulse to use my cellphone. Rather than leisurely scrolling for hours, pay homage to individuals I believe have had a good impact on me in the ways that I think and how I desire to spend my time. They are deep thinkers and cultivate a reflective and contemplative quality within myself.

Refusing to unpack my project around the gender, race or positionality of the individuals depicted, I do regard it as a counter narrative in the current political climate. Recognizing a pervading critical theory that has a tendency to reduce a person to their position of power in society, positionality, race or gender. I rather choose to place the importance of identity in virtue and character, emphasizing the impression these specific individuals made to me in relation to the concept. Feeling the need to mention my own positionality as a female person of colour, paying homage to three male figures does not discredit powerful female influences I have experienced in my life to which there is certainly no shortage, rather the subject matter of the project naturally highlighted certain individuals.