I want to create images using crabs. In Maryland, where I grew up, they are graphically everywhere and a big part of local culture. I think crabs are important in relation to the theme of Drift. As they grow, they have to shed their exoskeleton and enter a period of dormancy until it grows back. I think this cycle relates elegantly to Ma. I envision creating a series of images related to crabs—not only blue crabs but sand, ghost, hermit, and any others I may find. 

I would also like to venture into creating looping gifs or videos of underwater flora or fauna to simulate a virtual aquarium that inspires a meditative state. 

I would like to create a photo or gif of the sketch above. I learned a meditation technique to picture yourself at the bottom of the ocean. A ship passes by overhead and you focus on the shadow that the ships slowly cast over you.

The preceding image is a rough sketch of a photo that I would like to create. I want to be at the ocean when it is raining. The sky and the ocean bleed into one another in various shades of gray. I want to position a camera right at the surface of the water. When raindrops hit the ocean water, there is a moment when they bounce up in midair. There is a moment when it looks like there are hundreds of thousands of diamonds suspended just above the ocean. I want to capture that moment.

(Left) Wave, Night, 1928, and (Right) Ram's Head with Hollyhock, 1935, Georgia O'Keeffe                  

I include works from Georgia O'Keeffe and Andy Goldsworthy because I envision my own project as inspired by these two artists. For example, in my proposed crab series, I would shoot images of parts of nature like a crab and sea grass. Like Goldsworthy, my work would make use of local flora and fauna, but I would create digital collages similar to an O'Keeffe still life. ​​​​​​​

A few examples of my previous work are presented below. I foresee my project as being visually similar to these.