I have books surrounding me in my studio and sometimes sitting on my lap while I’m working. I’m constantly chewing on words; talking to myself, sorting things out, telling myself a story. There is something hidden in a story that is so valuable to me that I want to grasp it and feel it with every part of my mind; to think about it with my hands and with my fingers. My works don't always tell a story, rather, they are remnants of a time spent dwelling in it.