Because Every Single Word I Spoke Was Just Taken for a Joke

2020

carboard; wheat-pasted tracing paper; fuses; assorted wood screws; springs; nuts; bolts; tissue paper; straight pins; matboard; foamcore; tissue box cardboard; tea stain; black, red, yellow, and blue India ink; Faber-Castel pens; illustration pens; acrylic paint; metallic silver and gold acrylic paint; gloss medium; Q-tips; notebook paper; and chicken wire

22x16x13in.

Using the clown reference similar to Choking on Guttural Regrets, this work addresses how one person’s stresses, concerns, or ambitions may not hold as much value to another or seem unrelatable and therefore aren’t taken seriously.