When I received the ‘non-binding request’ to consider contributing something to this publication, their question hit me like a brick in the head: “How do you move on when the way seems blocked?” It didn’t take long for the revelation to burst out of me – I saw myself standing in the middle of a (seemingly) blocked path. I suggested using my own ‘artistic crisis’ as the subject of my piece.

In my past work, I often disguised myself in other people’s voices, brandishing them like a shield, even when I was pretending to be their shield. Now for the first time, I’ve said ‘I’, and by subjecting my ‘I’ to the same treatment I’ve performed on the others, something about it has shifted ever so slightly. The working process has taken me to a place where switching perspectives is more important than ever.