Inspired by my childhood experience as a ballet dancer, the animated text in “Dance of the Negative Self-Talk” exposes the human auto-piloting of damaging inner monologue and the self-criticism and insecurity of a performer that the audience doesn’t have access to hear. The upbeat feeling of the music –“Typewriter”, written by Leroy Anderson–juxtaposes with the foul-mouthed monologue that appears on screen, which is a representation of the irony and disparities between the audience and performers’ experiences.

“lose/gain” is a vignette-style animation that explores fleeting thoughts about the duality present in everyday life.