Welcome! I am Lux, the founder of Sense of Selves. This collective was born from the appreciation for my art family, the original premiss being that it didn’t feel right to show my work alone when the art would have never been possible without the community of artists who inspire me to do better, to be more present, and to practice and play everyday. RIDSZA is the first person in all of this, I miss her dearly and count the moments until we can create on the same continent again.

In an age where having stuff is suppose to be enough, I feel more and more lonely. More and more lonely as I face the reality that many of us have been, will begin to, and will continue to be pulled away from the ones we love. Lucky if it’s merely an ocean separating us and not the walls of a cage or the whistle of bombs…

In-spite of having so much stuff, more and more of us realize how we crave community. How we miss our family, maybe because it never occurred to us we can make our own, or maybe because we’ve gotten so lost in the stuff we forgot to say “I love you”. We can create new unions if the ones of old can’t nurture, can’t care, can’t have compassion and unconditional love.

This new series from me is called ITCHY-ROTTEN, is my attempt at giving a face to my sorrow, giving an outlet for my anger, finding a place to share hope. The world makes my teeth itch, technology that could help so many being used to grant profit to a select few makes me feel like I’m rotting, but I believe in our ability to love. I will write you love letters until you can come home, I will cry salty tears and let them run down my face onto my tongue, I will remember even what is painful, I love you I love you I love you.