The idea for this project originated from an exploration of themes in my personal life. These include my experiences as a woman, my children's experience in our education system, our collective witnessing of inequalities in our social system, and the impact of our lifestyle choices on the environment. These are all significant topics intersecting in complex ways, and I strive to find connections between them. Like solving a puzzle, these connections may reveal insights into improving our broken or disconnected lives.

Recognizing the complexity of these issues became more important during the pandemic, during which I experienced online education, government unrest, mental illness, and anxiety among loved ones, with the ongoing challenges of smoky summers and fires too close to home. While these experiences could have occurred without the pandemic, they felt more pronounced once COVID became a reality. As we piece together what was normal before the pandemic with what is normal now, my desire to make sense of the world around me continues to drive my art and this body of work.