Memories are made entirely of recollections we have of specific events according to our five senses. Even one sense, absent from all of the others, has the ability to form and link to a core memory; the tension of rushing water, the sound of rain against a glass window, or the sensation of coarse dirt or polished floorboards beneath your bare feet. Recreating memories using only sight in the form of charcoal drawings on paper has proven to be quite a difficult task for me. Working within this boundary allows for gaps and inconsistencies when communicating a memory that may be internally well-rounded but seem vague when translated in two-dimensional form. However, the challenge also opens the door to develop an entirely new way to understand and communicate what it truly means to "remember". For this body of work, I experimented with constructing compositions of various textures from my past entirely from memory and imagination while placing an emphasis on vivid sensory details that are often overlooked during daily life but are stored by the mind with intense clarity.
