I recognize pain in the faces of so many people,

 

 

I recognize pain in the faces of so many people, and in the work of so many people. For me it's not about reconciliation so much as recognition I don't feel you can reconcile such events. I have felt touched by work that addresses pain it's almost a texture. In writing about pain I have felt I am opening out something I could never reconcile, a kind of conversation I knew I couldn't end, but could begin. I am interested in moments that hold the confusion of our pain, the worry and the fear and yet show how we continue on. Because pain also seems to remain difficult, I feel it's a narrative lie to create a structure that closes it off, resolves it.