I make art to chart my paths & tangles and unravel them after the fact. Art is mark-making, cave painting. So is living. Every day leaves a mark, every path has stuff strewn by the wayside. So this process involves collecting what's left over and looking inside for patterns. Art as archaeology. Some patterns are true, others not so much. Unraveling them really means re-raveling, weaving them into something new: this weaving's mirrored in the artist's act of making and the viewer's act of renewing. Fortunately, the patterns found emerge from the work as much as the intention. Striving goes three ways. Patterns make art on their own.