One Reason I Was Interested In Photography

I Wanted To Create Something That People Could Relate To Without Having Read A Book About It Beforehand.

So Many Things Suddenly Made Sense For The Clowns, For The Whole Idea. I’d Been Going Through A Struggle, Particularly After 9/11; I Couldn’t Figure Out What I Wanted To Say. I Still Wanted The Work To Be The Same Kind Of Mixture – Intense, With A Nasty Side Or An Ugly Side, But Also With A Real Pathos About The Characters – And Clowns Have An Underlying Sense Of Sadness While They’re Trying To Cheer People Up. Clowns Are Sad, But They’re Also Psychotically, Hysterically Happy.

I Am Fine, Though It Is Hard To Think Of What Kind Of Work To Make At This Point, Other Than Decorative, Escapist Or Abstract. I Suppose I'll Explore One Or All Of These Things.

[my Work Is] Maybe About Me Maybe Not Wanting To Be Me And Wanting To Be All These Other Characters. Or At Least Try Them On.

My Message For People To Not Take Anything For Granted, To Respect What They Might Not Understand.