I have been thinking about the personal and the symbolic in the creation of this new series.

The narrative basis for each piece is born from familial stories of rootless existence, of explicit and implicit forced migration and the universal desire to establish roots, however tenuous.

I am seeking to examine this narrative through the creation of works that are paradoxically anchored by the weight of a symbolic history and desire for place, yet stand in preparation for flight.

To be aloft suggests to be high up, drifting, floating in an effortless fashion. It also connotes a loss of control, a theme in which I return to often.