Drawing, painting and object-making exist as forms of radical play in which we establish a conception of self and test the fiber of our shared reality. I approach these processes as analogous to the way in which we all communally construct meaning and establish convention on a personal and societal scale. Through visual and written works, I employ a material vocabulary of symbols and mark making along with narrative reflection to address the formal concerns of a studio practice alongside questions of complicity and resistance. In this work I attempt to reconcile the individual with the societal, the material with the immaterial, and to hold the discomfort and longing for change which characterize our time.