Title: "New Year's Resolution" (2023)
Size: 11"x14"
Medium: Cut-and-pasted magazine on mixed-media paper
Copyright: © 2023 Tyler Chernesky
 
About This Collage
Everyone agrees that life’s too fast.
I’ll admit I didn’t choose to slow down.
My brakes were pumped for me.
Then, I got used to it.
Now, I kind of like it here.
 
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This collage belongs to a series of works that was created while I processed an intense personal tragedy that resulted in a number of seismic shifts in life, faith, and vocation. Its heaviness and hopefulness - its heart and its hurt - reflect my inner world during that time.