Multidimensional Grief
I did this piece early summer 2019 around the impactful time in Puerto Rico and the globe. This piece is about uprooted feelings of grief, fear, and loss about my queer Puerto Rican identity, especially during our social-political uprising on the island. I felt socially isolated in Seattle, WA, and in the US for that matter, with little to no financial resources while dealing with depression and suicidal ideation. This was a way for me to externalize what I was going through. I had to use painting to synthesize my experience in order to stay rooted in my Self, my joy, my pain, my queerness. Its safe to say the use of the word "dimensional" has to do with experiences with the paranormal and having a sense of knowing our interconnectedness.