security

In the summer of 2000, I bought one of my most favorite shirts of all time during my recovery from a very damaging car accident. This shirt represented some very complex feelings that my 17 year old mind did not fully understand. Looking back at them now, the vulnerability I felt from being so damaged on the inside compelled me to send a message to the outside world that I would not be vulnerable like that ever again. I was my own SECURITY team and I would not stand for any fuckery.
I wore this shirt to near death over 15 years and when its life was coming to an end, I could not bare to throw it away. So naturally I stretched it into a canvas. The depiction of the inner workings of a bee hive is meant to express how delicate and strong Mother Nature is at the same time. The offset hexagonal arrangement is one of the strongest structures found in nature. We all know that one swift kick can bring any well constructed hive to an end but then you’d have the bees to contend with.

You are the hive.
The blows to your hive are just things that need to be overcome.
Your will is the swarm.
Be your own security team.

16x20 t-shirt, frame, acrylic. 2016