How Many Ways Are There to Live?

Oil paint, charcoal, papier mache, and found text on wood

16 x 20 panel, 17 x 21 inches overall

Found and collaged text reads:

Let's explore the / brain and nervous system and how they / come up with a definition of their own main characters / They can be totally fictional / Fights for dominance 'On one side / I AM A PEACOCK, A SWIRLING MASS / my bills paid the other end of the spectrum / a hermit. / resounding nothing, / I feel like I don't behave / in "correct" ways. / There is no time to dwell on the known and potential risks and benefits / The most up-to-date information on a billion people in the world / I was tired of being afraid. So I'd decided It's not that you need to have all things people are talking about / There is a lot of information I've had to struggle not to absorb those / moods, moments, and movements But a glitch in my brain / didn't know if my work would / SUCCEED! What if we acknowledged those fears, / As if it were a normal thing for what it means to be human. / No artificial light. / "The Light Comes from Within" any idealist who will fight / Sometimes you don't need / the how / for whatever comes next." I'm still learning how / I know what I'm made of."