My work generally tends to be an all-out, 360-degree subversive take on everything, most of all my own notion of myself as a son, father, husband, human being and male in this culture.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There are lots of stories about my culture that I think bring a whole other perspective to who we are and where we have been and how we got here that I think need to be done.
I think I'd say that my whole body of work is a reflection of who I am, but not any one specific thing.
I think of my gender as a part of my complex humanity.
My work is intensely personal.
I work hard to improve myself as a person - as a father, as a husband, as a manager. I'm always on that mission.
There was a time when I was knocking on doors and concerned with being recognized in dominant culture. I've found a space where the terrain is different, where I'm embraced by people like me, and where I'm building new ways of doing things, as opposed to trying to insert myself in a place that might not be welcoming.
I'm not a traditional sonero, at least not in the way they want me to be, I'm an interpreter, and I reach people in a different level.
I grew up in a household that had its roots in church and community and culture and poetry and song and in the arts. Those aspects certainly shaped what I do.
I don't go by my caste, creed or religion. My works speak for me.
I've done my work and I'm happy with it... I respect my father very much, but I'm a very different person than he was.
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