"In the time of the ancient gods,
Before the age of iron,
Before the ages of gold, of flesh and of horn,
Heads were made of wood.
In these wooden boxes wisdom was kept,
And the seven sages, the seven sages of
Greece were seven wooden-headed men,
Seven men,
Made from thousand year-old oaks
Who issued oracles in the forest groves of Dodona.
The roots of those old trees
Groped towards the center of life,
Like fingers fingering treasures,
Through infinite space and night of time
Creeping towards knowledge, embracing the universe."
-Alfred Jarrey from Ubu Cocu

I love a good story and I believe in the importance and power of a strong oral tradition. Pulling from a fully illustrated journal of autobiographical tales I cast characters, create sets and script vignettes. Playing off the Szopka, a Polish nativity scene that travels from site to site serving as a backdrop for puppet narratives, I explore the monomyth in contemporary culture. I borrow from epic novels, television sitcoms, and Rock and Roll stage shows to craft my own fantastical personal mythology. I am drawn to romantic depictions. Love, war, spirituality and destiny are addressed in my sculpture and performance. Within those themes I am interested in the role of the hero and more recently the absence of hero.