"Study and You'll be Fine" reflects the sentiment my mother always told me growing up, believing I would eventually figure myself out once I graduated high school.

I don’t understand why I draw, but I’m irrecoverably pushed to draw and to paint. I love physiology, stem, and learning about the body, but I can’t help but ask myself the what ifs of pursing art as something more than a compromise to myself. They say the grass is always greener on the other side. If I were to choose one path over the other, would I always regret that choice? This series of photographs shows me studying chemistry and physiology, overlayed by things that symbolize art such as a canvas, an easel, and art books. The things that associate with an art education are projected over and beside the symbols for a STEM education. I stand in motion of writing, reading, and studying while being distracted by the projections reminding me the possibility of pursuing art at that moment instead. In this series I want to try to convey the struggle with the weight of my choices and the internal turmoil between reality and dreamworld.