For me, art is like a time capsule. The process of creating art is an absolute wonder. My story begins roughly ten years ago while traveling cross-country with my brother and our grandparents. As an eleven-year-old, I went through dozens of film rolls photographing our traveling gang, our adventures, and the beauty of countless national parks. At this point, I was relatively unaware of my desire to “be an artist”. I simply enjoyed using the shutter as my own personal eyelid. Even then, I wanted to capture and hold onto the memory of everything that I saw and experienced.