The concept behind this piece sparked the theme of my upcoming solo show. Most of my ideas have been written down in my journal. That is where I like to brainstorm and see how I can push creative boundaries. Very few ideas have made my heart race, made me sweat, and this one in particular, made me crawl up into a ball. Lately, the ideas that scare me a bit have been hard to get out of my head. Later journaling what it meant to me, I cried. I still think this piece can make me cry if I sit and think about it too deeply. It was a strong reaction, I had to create the piece I wrote about. I have always hated blood. (If you made a face reading that don’t worry I made the same face originally, bear with me). Growing up my mom said I had such a steady hand, I should be a surgeon. I would always laugh and know I couldn’t ever consider it because the thought of blood alone makes my skin crawl. But I couldn’t think of anything more precious and life-giving than blood. How it represents life and death all together. How powerful it would be to create with. Three of the NFTs in my show were created with a mixture of my blood and poison. The mixture created some of the most beautiful movements I had ever seen. Something I once thought of as horrifying now became mesmerizing. It moved very differently from the paints and inks I’ve used before. It felt more alive. As these NFTs age, they get slower and darker. They then go black and die at the end of 100 years. After that, they glow gold for 9 months and then are reborn. We most likely won’t see this part, but our surviving generation will. These, as well as many other new NFTs and a few physical pieces, will be on display for my solo show in New York at Elswhere Art Gallery. We are having an opening night on October 26th, I hope to see you there. Link in bio to RSVP ♥️ #nyc #art #thingstodoinny #nft #artist