Seeping through the cracks of a plastic exterior is a city that has a grand history and a beauty to be captured in the nature by many great artists. I came to Miami for that reason, as I have been given a challenge to find that beauty and exploit it for my own means. I will do it with love, respecting its nature and give it proper credence. I have been given some citrus, and I must squeeze out the juice...and drink it.
I will be focusing my sculpture on the journey of finding Miami's history and creating a love relationship with the land, and history of its people. (In regards to current people, I am only see them as temporary skin on the surface, interwoven weakly and all shredding away to reveal the underbelly, seeping through the holes.) The history here is so diverse and the land so altered that there needs to be a more humane contingency to represent it. So, exploit it, I will not. I will simply reveal it for what it is to me and maybe more people will share that beauty.
I am glad you found the deep running beauty under this plastic exterior of a city. I grew up here and I know how hard it can be sometimes to see past the hard shell, but ones you break through, you find a city unmatched in soul and richness of culture and it's diverse peoples.
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