I loathe being told I am accepting, adorable, affectionate, agreeable, amazing, amiable, amusing, attentive, available or whatever else people may possibly say about me. These are all outward facing words. They are about taking care of others. They objectify women. Perhaps even worse are bossy, bitchy, bubbly, bolshy, breathless, and beautiful. As these words are feminine: uniquely used to put women in their place. 

A teacher once snidely remarked that I must have grown up in a liberal family; I hadn’t been properly taught my place. The remark was meant to cut me down to size. But I choose my own place. I take up my own space. 

In my journey as an artist, I seek to be fierce and unfettered, bold and adventurous, wild and passionate. These words speak to me of my own power - to exist in this world without reference to others.