"I've been asked before to make an "artist statement". A little something on how and why you create what you create. i thought about it a bit and here i'll sum up the most important part of what i could think of to say in regards to the subject of art: true art is not about technique, not about speculation of what a listener/viewer will hear/see, not about re-creating. it is all about just opening certain channels and letting light and darkness flow. just as they naturally would. it's about daring to give up any control over these things that art is NOT about. it's about going into a place where nothing else exists except for the moment and the act of creating. It's about the soul. the heart, the pain, the love, joy, sadness, madness, hope, fear, truth. just to name a few... "