Differences

From 2009.

Everyone is different. We all have the same basic mold - head, torso, legs, arms - but we aren't meant to be the same. Our colors, our shapes, and our preferences vary, as they should. I cannot be you and you cannot be me. That's how it's supposed to be.

This piece is meant to express our differences by playing on many of our senses: the texture of each yarn and paint is different, as are their colors. The one thing they have in common is that they are yarn. Likewise, we are all people and that is the only true characteristic we have in common. Some people are tall, others short; one's color is red, while another's is purple; many being are fuzzy, though just as many are strong and bold. There are many levels of differences, and people can draw similarities wherever they wish. However, when you really get down to it, the only thing we all have in common is our species.