We all walk around with thoughts coming in-and-out of our head. A friend told me it’s universal.

Lately I’ve been interested in what's floating around in there. Mostly because I’m repeating the same phrases over-and-over.

It started with writing the phrases down, haphazardly or artfully; skrawling around in my notebook. The goal was to simply get some headspace back. The process of writing things down helped. Slowly, I started to hear other interesting phrases spoken around me.

To catch the phrases I started to write down what resonated with me that day. It could be a casual sentence in passing, a song lyric, or part of a prayer. Whatever felt juicy. .

These phrases portrayed suffering, a giggle or a little insight. I want people to know that we are not alone; we are all experiencing "being human".

Making art out of this acknowledges our humanity and releases anything that’s holding us down. Shared common ground polishes our souls.