This series is a self-expression of my thoughts and emotions after finishing my BFA and entering the highly unstructured routine that is everyday life.

This was the first time in my life that I was officially able to say that I was done with school in its entirety. It was a shock for me to go from the extreme structure of an academic environment to having no structure, no assignments, and no mentors. Up until that point, I had been in school for my entire life (with no extended breaks), cruising through the familiar ebb and pull of the school year. I felt a huge mix of emotions as graduation came, but I mostly remember feeling lost, as if I had no idea what my next steps should have been. I was jobless and directionless, yet I still felt massive relief at knowing that I was completely finished with school and would no longer have to worry about taking exams or completing assignments on time. I was not depressed as some of these drawings may illicit, but I do remember feeling conflicted as my thoughts constantly shifted between relief, frustration, excitement, confusion, and aimlessness.