I am a visual artist working in collage, assemblage sculpture and altered books. My practice explores identity, memory and the history of the African diaspora. Vintage and contemporary images collide to convey how the past informs the present.


The Light of Winter, day 19

I'm sorry to let you down by not having posted a photo every day for these Light of Winter prompts, but today begins a new year. So let's move forward... by moving a little backward.

LK suggested this for the first day of the new year:

What are the truths you want to carry forward into this new year? Skip the resolutions unless they speak to more of the same and the true. Affirm what was right, what was good, what was real, what you enjoyed- dig up those images from this past year.
This is my signpost for the moment: the tarot card that symbolizes times when I've felt like I was doing everything right, at the time it needed to be done. More of that belief in myself, please: more certainty in these uncertain times.

Once, there was...

The Light of Winter, day 12