"Each year, I feel it may be easier than the last. But I find myself yearning to be understood, while also not wanting to be consumed. The juxtaposition of these two notions haunts me while I navigate through this lifetime as a Black woman. A queer femme just now sprouting their idiosyncratic wings. The sound of the click clacking of my super-long nails against the sides of my paint cups, rattling against the keyboard, are all pieces of the work… Using a color palette of bright, vivid colors, as well as drawing upon the intricate colors that make up the undertones of Black skin, I feel that I am able to create my own gaze of self and the gaze of Blackness."
— Queen Hibbler
