Honors Studio Art 

In my senior year Honors Art class, our challenge was to embrace process, to let go of a strict plan or a set outcome in completing an assignment. I had to let go of control, something that has never been my strong suit. 

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      This was echoed strongly in other aspects of my life in 2022-2023, most clearly during the emotional and physical processes that are college applications and admission. An intimidating time for self-reflection and vulnerability, my most authentic writing and feeling came from letting go of the worry of what others may think or whether your commitment and talent will come through in 500 words or less. Working tirelessly, giving your all to higher causes, to people, and in this case, to works of art that you feel strongly about,  will not automatically create connection or appreciation. I learned that what truly comes from within, from the freedom of tapping inner truths and personal perceptions, is what resonates not just with myself but with others.

 

   I am someone with plenty of passion and drive. From my love of figure skating, poetry, and travel, to my interests in environmental advocacy and political activism, and my connection to my family and Jewish heritage, parts of myself arise in everything that I make. At the same time, because of my embrace of process I have been able to detach the subject from my feelings associated with it. I have been able to be vulnerable, to truly understand my materials and use them to amplify meaning. 

 

    So, what are you looking at? Just like my passions, interests, and feelings are not defined by a single term, nor confined to a 2-dimensional, dictionary definition, art, for me, does not have one "look" or end goal. I seek to create pieces authentic to myself and my beliefs.