Academicallyandintellectually,Ihavealwaysaskedthequestion:Whatdoesitmeantobehuman?

Academically and intellectually, I have always asked the question: What does it mean to be human?Academically and intellectually, I have always asked the question: What does it mean to be human?

Inhighschool,Iconductedresearchrelatedtothisdrivingquestion,thoughIalwaysapproacheditthroughbiology,psychology,andanthropology.Today,Iapproachthequestionofhumannessagainstacompletelydifferentbackdrop.

In high school, I conducted research related to this driving question, though I always approached it through biology, psychology, and anthropology. Today, I approach the question of humanness against a completely different backdrop.In high school, I conducted research related to this driving question, though I always approached it through biology, psychology, and anthropology. Today, I approach the question of humanness against a completely different backdrop.

Despitemyattemptstoansweritintellectually,myartisthepartofmethatspeaksloudest—notaboutwhatitmeanstobehuman,butaboutwhatmyownhumanexperienceislike.

Despite my attempts to answer it intellectually, my art is the part of me that speaks loudest—not about what it means to be human, but about what my own human experience is like.Despite my attempts to answer it intellectually, my art is the part of me that speaks loudest—not about what it means to be human, but about what my own human experience is like.

ToseewhatIseeandexperienceitasIdoistoknowthepartofmethatisuniquely,imperfectly,andunapologeticallyhuman.

To see what I see and experience it as I do is to know the part of me that is uniquely, imperfectly, and unapologetically human.To see what I see and experience it as I do is to know the part of me that is uniquely, imperfectly, and unapologetically human.