Journal Entry — The Met, Summer, 2025

Field Notes on Classical Form, Contemporary Bodies, and the Moment the African Diaspora Bronze Work Began.

Sitting in the Greco-Roman galleries at the Met, I became aware not only of the sculptures, but of the living bodies moving among them. The beauty and sculptural presence of contemporary bodies stood in quiet contrast to the historical exclusivity of the classical canon. The realization wasn’t confrontational—it was clarifying.

The classical tradition is an aesthetic system, not a biological one. This work grew from a desire to expand that lineage through reverence rather than critique. What began as observation became the conceptual foundation of the African Diaspora Bronze works and the broader framework of Between Rage and Serenity.