COLLAGES & DAILY NARRATIVES

I am drawn to collage because it feels like a visual form of memory — layered, fragmented, and imperfectly whole. Working with torn paper and marks allows me to embrace chance, imperfection, and emotion in a direct, physical way. Each rip, texture, and gesture becomes both destruction and creation — a record of presence and process.

The act of tearing paper feels human to me; it reveals edges that cannot be replicated, moments that cannot be rehearsed. The marks I make afterward — whether drawn, scratched, or painted — become traces of response and reflection. Together, these elements create a dialogue between control and surrender, permanence and impermanence.

Collage allows me to honor what is broken, repurposed, or worn, and to find beauty in assembling fragments into something entirely new. It becomes a meditation on resilience, transformation, and the layered nature.