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>> SO ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I
STARTED WORKING WITH BONES.
A LOT OF THE BONES THAT
I USE ARE BONES OF COMMON ANIMAT
PEOPLE CONSUME.
SO COWS, LAMB, CHICKEN, TURKEY,
THAT KIND OF THING.
I WAS LOOKING FOR A MATERIAL
THAT WOULD BE LIGHTWEIGHT
AND PRETTY STURDY,
YOU KNOW FOR TRANSPORTATION.
AND I WENT INTO MY BACKYARD
AND I SAW ALL THESE
CHEWED UP DOG BONES
THAT MY PITBULL HAD
GOTTEN HOLD OF.
AND I THOUGHT YOU KNOW I
THINK I JUST MIGHT TRY TO MAKE
SOMETHING WITH ONE OF THOSE BON.
SO PART OF THE TISSUE HAD
BEEN CHEWED OFF BY THE DOG.
OF COURSE THE BONE
WAS DIRTY AND KIND OF GROSS.
BUT I THOUGHT,
I'M JUST GONNA
START BY WASHING THE BONES
AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
I WASHED THEM WITH SCRUB
BRUSH AND SOAP AND TO LET
THEM OUT IN THE SUN, AND
GRADUALLY THEY BECAME
CLEAN AND WHITE.
I NOTICE THAT WHEN YOU HOLD A B,
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT
ONCE BELONGED TO A LIVING CREAT,
IT FEELS VERY DIFFERENT
FROM HOLDING SOMETHING ELSE.
YOU KNOW IT FEELS
VERY DIFFERENT
FROM HOLDING A COFFEE CUP
OR YOU KNOW A COMPUTER OR
SOMETHING.
IT HAS A CERTAIN FEEL TO IT.
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THIS
IS WHAT IS REMAINED FROM
AN ANIMAL THAT WAS EITHER
SACRIFICED INVOLUNTARILY
OR THAT DIED IN SOME OTHER WAY.
THERE'S SO MUCH
SYMBOLISM IN BONES AND SO
MUCH BEAUTY IN THEM REALLY THAT
IT CAPTIVATED ME FOR THE MOST P.
ALL MY LIFE I'VE PRETTY
MUCH BEEN INTERESTED IN
BOTH ART AND PSYCHOLOGY
EVER SINCE I WAS VERY YOUNG.
I GUESS I FELT A STRONG
URGE TO BRING PSYCHOLOGY
AND ART TOGETHER IN MY LIFE
IN A VERY REAL AND
TANGIBLE WAY.
TO BE AN ARTIST AND
PSYCHOLOGIST TOGETHER IN
ONE JOB IS ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE IF YOU THINK
ABOUT IT. BUT AS ART,
ESPECIALLY CONTEMPORARY
ART, ALLOWS THIS.
IT ALLOWS THE FREEDOM TO BE
BOTH IN A WAY.
BECAUSE THE RESEARCH BASED PRACS
THAT I'M NOW ENGAGING IN
AS AN ARTIST DRAWS VERY
MUCH FROM PSYCHOLOGY AND
FROM ANTHROPOLOGY.
I DON'T WANT TO CREATE
SOMETHING JUST BECAUSE
IT'S COOL TO LOOK AT.
I WANT TO CREATE SOMETHING
THAT HAS MEANING TO IT OR
MULTIPLE MEANINGS
DEPENDING ON WHAT THE
VIEWER MIGHT BE BRINGING
TO THE SITUATION.
AS AN ARTIST, YOU ALWAYS WANT TO
TRY TO COMMUNICATE SOMETHING,
EVEN IF ITS JUST A LEVEL
OF INTRIGUE ABOUT YOUR WORK.
AND SOMETIMES THAT'S
ALL IT CAN BE.
BUT HOPEFULLY IN
SOME CASES ALSO, YOU CAN
PUSH BEYOND THAT AND
ALMOST THE POTENTIAL FOR A