my work is situated within the framework of the sociological imagination (C. Wright Mills, 1959). this concept articulates the requirement to see the larger, societal context which shapes not only our individual decision making, but the decisions also made by others if we are to engage in meaningful and accurate sociological inquiry and sustainable social change.

my work contributes a visual and textual interpretation and archive of ongoing conversations with Self, “God”, and “Society” while surviving 21st century late stage capitalism.

my work contributes a visual and textual interpretation of life today, grappling with the illusion of consent, choice, and care.

my work centers the perspectives of adult survivors of childhood sexual violence that grow into compassionately rage-full creatives. for those creating the next world one textile at a time while refusing to forget the one we find ourselves in. for those caught in the web of multi-layered, hand-me-down oppressions inflicted upon them as children assigned arbitrators at birth.

-trae