The title of a print made by William Villalongo for the LES Printshop holiday card 2008. The statement they print about his work speaks so well to my sensibility about my own work.

“Like the surrealists, Villango might also believe that exorcising the imaginative faculties of the ‘unconscious mind’ to the attainment of a dream-like state can be ultimately ‘truer’ than, everyday reality. Also, like the Surrealists in the wake of the first orld War, Villalongo also believes that a more open and true perceptions of reality can provoke change — political, social a nd most importantly, personal” states Franklin Sirmans in a recent exhibition catalogue.