Size: 36in x 26in 
Medium: Oil on denim fabric
Year: 2024

Generation after generation, we carry the pain of those who came before us. But is this weight truly mine to bear, or have I just been taught that letting go means forgetting, that releasing the struggle is a betrayal of where I come from? I carry more than inherited pain. I carry the weight of the world. I feel everything, not just what’s rooted in my origin, but the ache of simply being human. The burden of existence, of trying to live and be in a fractured world, wears on me every single day.