LEAKED (By Myself) is about my comfort with my own body, or more so preparing me for the next piece in which I would address this concept more head on. I wanted to create something that depicted me nude because I feel that is one of the most ultimate forms of vulnerability an artist can reach. I toy with the ideas of embarrassment and vanity in my mind often--how they can go hand in hand at times and how they relate to my thoughts about myself. In order for me to get over myself, get over these insecurities and thought processes, I have to force myself into uncomfortable spaces. That way moving forward, I’m never frightened to entertain similar environments and ideas; for I have already tread in those areas. I also painted it in the colors traditional to the rastarfari spirituality, because a large majority of my family members follow this mode of faith. I try to interpret it in my own forms-without the patriarchal norms.