Hang in there kiddo explores the idea of that nostalgic home and the way memories slowly fade over time. Living in this new environment, I feel like my mind is an outdated hard drive with limited storage space—almost full—where every new experience risks overwriting something I want to hold onto. I find myself clinging to memories I’m not ready to lose, moments from childhood that feel like the core of who I am. My drawings are my way of resisting that loss—they’re visual attempts to preserve what’s slipping away, to keep my roots alive, and to hold on to a sense of identity that feels increasingly fragile.

Central to these drawings is my use of crayons—a material often dismissed as childish, yet deeply tied to the memories I aim to preserve. The overtly complicated images scratched into layers of multicolored crayons juxtaposes a playful, simplistic technique with the emotional and conceptual complexities of memory.