Artist Feature: Jay Riggio
"Break free of my darker side"
From the Artist:
In a lot of ways, collage is like putting together a puzzle. But, in my mind, it’s just a more sophisticated way of composing a sentence to communicate a bigger message. Sometimes the right combination of words will lead you to a sentence you didn’t know you had the ability to write in the first place.
All my work comes from a darker place that may or may not be evident when you see it. I struggle with a lot of painful personal thoughts and the act of creating allows me to break free of my darker side and temporarily form some order in a world that, to me, is full of disorder.
I hope that my work conveys that there’s something more to this place that we live in. It’s a beautiful and tragic and inspiring world. And if you look closer than the bullshit we’re all force-fed daily, our hearts can be touched in ways that help us expand our idea of what it means to be human.
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