Memory is fickle as it trickles like water in and out of my fingers, leaving traces of its existence only to slip out of reach again. Within Grasp encapsulates the process of memory making, how core memories are interpreted, and the grief one experiences through their loss. I am struggling with my recollection as I age, knowing I can’t access who I was as a child or even last month. Through my artistic practice, I preserve my experiences, solidifying their existence through craft and creation. Focusing on one of my early remembrances of the honeysuckle-laden creek behind my childhood home in Alabama, I have depicted the genuine desire to seek out what little I can remember and preserve it.  

The mediums of paper, sewing, and video all retain and project memory; every crease of paper, hole from a needle, and second of film immortalizes a memory in time. Within Grasp captures a brief but impactful moment of adolescence in my journey to recollection. Much of my past remains out of reach, replaced by fog and deadends when I try to capture it. While this memory remains, I aim to contain it, sit with it, and keep it.