Some selected essays, mostly related to my creative practice and research. To follow all my writing, you can find me on substack.
O’Keefe and the Limits of Artistic Freedom
When the Art Escapes the Artist.
07.2025
"They were talking about themselves, not me," suggesting that the critics were projecting their own desires. Shouldn't she, after all, know better than anyone what her paintings were about?”
This reflects a classic artistic dilemma: the moment an artwork is released into the world, it belongs to the eye of the beholder. It escapes the artist's control and morphs into something new, shaped by interpretation. There's beauty in that process—a kind of unspoken collaboration between creator and receiver. The magic often resides in this in-between space: a dialogue, a spark, a personal reaction with infinite variability.
Why I Write
A Story of Pleasure, Clarity and Synchronicity.
04.2025
“In many ways writing is the act of saying I, of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying listen to me, see it my way, change your mind.”
How else could one better convey the compulsive, assertive, inherently subconscious and revealing aspects of writing? There you have it…