The human mind is a complex mess that we have to decipher and analyze every single day. The way in which I understand the people and environment around me is unique to my mind, and this body of work is my visualization of it. I recreate my internal dialogues and connections between my personal interpretations of the outside world through the use of collage. With photography as the foundation, 2D and 3D materials become a tactile way to illustrate and question the intricacies that I experience day by day.

~Abby Mertz