My Message to the World

"Death is always growing near, but I choose laughter over tears, and I choose love over fear."

Since my mother's passing almost 2 years ago, I've been tip-toeing around the concept of mortality, especially during my time in Ireland. It was Tim Jones that told me about the latin phrase 'momento mori' which roughly means, 'remember your mortality' or 'remember you will die.' Even though I was interested in the idea, I was hesitant to delve too deeply into it because I don't think i was emotionally ready for it. I was also concerned about getting into a depressing subject matter because I'm not at all a dark and moody person. I try to be generally positive and humor is one of my best ways of expressing myself.
But I've greatly matured in the last year and I'm coming to terms with death as a human inevitability. And even though i still have my days where I really miss my mom and upset that shes gone, I've made great strides in finding peace with it. What helps is looking back on the great moments and the love my mother had for me and how lucky i am to have had all that. I think about how I'm lucky to still be here myself and all the love and good that I can still give.
I've also noticed a trend in the obsession with the future and apocalyptic doom. I'd like to acknowledge that doom but also shine a positive light to make what time we have left as happy and enjoyable as we can. I want to people to see the things that really matter (like love) and not to sweat the little things you have no control over.
As i mentioned before, i don't expect to create world peace or a utopian society. But some people seem to be filled with so much negative energy and I want to balance some of that out with positive energy. I truly believe in an energy balance in the universe. And I want to play with positive and negative space in creating my images to emphasize this point.