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R.A.F. Insignia Patch Featuring a Jayhawk Created for Robert Raymond, 1941
"If possible have the Jayhawk standing on or carrying a bomb with the R.A.F. insignia on it. The R.A.F. insignia being concentric circles colored red in the center, next to a white ring, then a blue ring, then a yellow ring."
Raccoon Barb refers to my identity as someone who has had to survive through uncertain times. There was a time in my life where my bicycle was my primary mode of transportation in Corpus Christi, Texas, and it made me feel like a wild animal who is trekking across this city just to make a living and survive. I was sweaty and hungry all the time, and I worked in the food industry where a lot of times my meals were dependent on my job. I would eat expired bakery items and rely on my “free meal” as my main meal of the day aside from when I ate dinner at the end of the day after biking home. Raccoons are smart, agile survivors and I saw myself this way for a long time. I would also steal food from stores and eat meals based on coupons that I was given. It was a hard time, and I use this raccoon human character to commend my ability to survive through those hard times.
Radical religion in America : millenarian movements from the far right to the Children of Noah
Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press
This self portrait represents the feeling of rainy days and a melancholic mood. The intersection covering the face was a stop on my daily commute to school, symbolic of feeling stuck in the same routine with no inclination of change. There’s also a high level of helplessness in the contrast between the landscape and the portrait, emphasized through the desaturation of the face and brightness of the lights against the pavement. There's many subtle symbolic meanings within the scene, all intentionally creating the mood I was feeling in that moment.
Kansas Collection, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
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