I believe that stories like mine are common, but it isn’t common to tell them through the medium of art. The reason I left the church of my childhood was so I could have the freedom to create and to say what I needed to. Religion is good, in its place, but when religion suppresses the truth, it is self-serving and harmful. My hope is to always tell the truth with my art, to inspire, to enlighten, and to heal.

“The sunlight hits the tree, bright and warm. You know it will soon bathe you in golden, glittering light. Your skin will dry, and it will warm you, inside out. Two birds dance across the sky, disappearing into the brilliance of the sun. Their wings flash golden in the light. You watch in quiet awe. This is a moment you will remember forever, a moment that stamps itself on your lonely soul, a moment that you were chasing and didn’t realize it.

This is an epiphany. This is hope.”