Song for Awe Dread (2015)

Song for Awe amp Dread is a contemporary take on the vanitas paintings of the 17th century and an investigation into the emotional duality of our existence It is AWEsome to be human and to be alive but the evolution of human intelligence has also burdened our species with a selfawareness of lifes impermanence The Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard called these two uniquely human emotions awe and dread Through its symbolic meditation on mortality this work attempts to find meaning between the fleeting flavors of bubblegum and cultural programming that entrenches us in our denial of death