“I WORK IN THE SUBLIMINAL SPACE BETWEEN THE CINEMATIC AND THE PHOTOGRAPHIC. MY ART, WHETHER CINEMA OR PHOTOGRAPHY, EXPLORES EXTREME OPPOSITES AND STRIVES TO MERGE THEM INTO A SINGLE, COHESIVE EXPRESSION. THE WORKS ARE BEAUTIFULLY BIZARRE, OFTEN EVOKING A SENSE OF INSECURITY AND DANGER IN THE OBSERVER. IT'S THE AMBIVALENCE, MYSTERY, AND INTENSITY INHERENT IN THE WORKS THAT GENERATES AN UNSETTLING ENERGY THAT I FIND BEAUTIFUL AND CHALLENGING. I STRIVE TO CREATE IMAGES THAT SIMULTANEOUSLY REPRESENT LONELINESS, SOLITUDE, HARMONY AND DISSONANCE. I SEE MYSELF AS A VISUAL STORYTELLER. I FIND A RUPTURE IN THE STORY AND FREEZE THE UNFINISHED STORYLINE, DISTORTING VISUAL CONCEPTS TO CREATE WORKS THAT ARE INTENSE, DRAMATIC AND MYSTERIOUS.

RULED BY MARS, THE FIERY WARRIOR, ARIES RISING IS QUICK AND DIRECT TO THE POINT. THEIR FIRST INSTINCT IS TO DO, RATHER THAN THINK. THEY ACT BEFORE, CHARGING INTO THE FRAY WITHOUT A PLAN. WHILE THEY ARE ACTIVE, PEOPLE MIGHT SEE THEM AS VERY AGGRESIVE. THEY JUST SEE WHAT THEY WANT AND GO GET IT. WHILE SOME MAY BE COMPETITIVE, MOST ARE PUTTING ALL THE PRESSURE TO GET WHAT THEY WANT ON THEMSELVES. THESE PEOPLE LOVE TO COME OUT AHEAD IN ALL THAT THEY DO. EVERYTHING IS DONE QUICKLY. THEY GET READY QUICKLY, WALK QUICKLY AND HAVE LITTLE PATIENCE FOR DILLY-DALLYING. THEIR TEMPER IS `QUICK', TOO. IT’S ALSO QUICK TO DISAPPEAR. RARELY DO YOU FIND ARIES RISING PEOPLE HOLDING GRUDGES. THEIR PRINCIPLES ARE RATHER SIMPLE AND STRAIGHTFORWARD. ARIES RISING LOVES ACTION, AND IS OFTEN TRYING TO STIR UP SOME ACTIVITY. THEIR STRENGTHS LIE IN THEIR ENTERPRISING WAYS. FINISHING THINGS THEY START DOES NOT ALWAYS COME AS EASILY AS THEY CAN JUMP INTO ONE IDEA TO ANOTHER, UNLESS THE RULER, MARS, IS PLACED IN A MORE TENACIOUS SIGN, SUCH AS CAPRICORN, TAURUS OR SCORPIO. AS ADULTS, ARIES ASCENDANT ARE KNOWN FOR BEING INDEPENDENT AND OFTEN QUITE SELF RELIANT. THEY ARE HONEST AND FEARLESS. THEIR COURAGE AND LEADERSHIP IS OFTEN CALLED UPON IN CHALLENGING SITUATIONS. THEY COME ACROSS AT TIMES AS IMPATIENT AND RUDE. IF THIS IS THE FIRST IMPRESSION ALL PEOPLE GET FROM ARIES RISING, THEY WILL BE MISSING OUT BIG TIME, SINCE A PERSON’S RISING SIGN IS ONLY AN OUTWARD MASK. IF THEY GET EVEN A SLIGHT GLIMPSE INTO THE DEEPER SELF, THEY WILL SEE AN INDOMITABLE SPIRIT, BOUNDLESS COURAGE AND THE WILLINGNESS TO FIGHT FOR A CAUSE THIS PERSON BELIEVES IN. ARIES ASCEN-DANT OFTEN GIVES A RATHER SWIFT WALK, WITH THE HEAD LEANING FORWARD SLIGHTLY. THIS WALK IS SURPRISINGLY DISTINCTIVE. HEADACHES, NOSEBLEEDS AND EYE PROBLEMS ARE THE USUAL PHYSICAL COMPLAINTS OF THIS POSITION. RASHES AND ACNE ON THE FACE AND SHOULDERS SOMETIMES OCCUR. BROAD SHOULDERS AND SLIM HIPS ARE COMMON. OFTEN, ARIES RISING PEOPLE ARE QUICK TO SMILE, AND THEY POSSESS A YOUTHFUL CHARM THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE. PASSIONATE, ARIES RISING WILL CHASE WHOMEVER THEY ARE INTERESTED IN, AT THE MOMENT OF AFFAIRS OF THEIR HEART. THE CHASE IS PART OF THE EXCITEMENT. THEY CAN BE CHARMING AND HARD TO RESIST. THEY ARE INTENSE, ENTHUSIASTIC, ADVENTUROUS AND A LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMING FOR SOME PEOPLE. HOWEVER, DESPITE THE RATHER BRUSQUE AND INDEPENDENT MANNER, THESE NATIVES ARE USUALLY VERY WILLING TO COMPROMISE IN THEIR RELATIONSHIPS, AND ARE VERY ATTACHED TO THE PEOPLE THEY HOLD DEAR. THE ARIES ASCENDANT IS ORIENTED ON SUCCESS. THEY ARE AMBITIOUS AND CAN BE SINGLE-MINDED TOWARDS THEIR OWN ACHIEVEMENTS TO THE POINT OF SELFISHNESS AT TIMES. THIS USUALLY STEMS FROM THE FACT THEY ARE SO FOCUSED ON THEIR OWN GOALS THAT THEY FORGOT THAT OTHERS MAY BE INVOLVED OR AFFECTED. THEY HAVE A STRONG NEED TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR OWN GOALS, NO MATTER HOW FOOLISH, DANGEROUS OR FAR-REACHING THEY MAY SEEM. ARIES RISING IS FULL OF ENERGY. WHEN THEY GET MOTIVATED, GET OUT OF THEIR WAY! THEY MAY SUFFER FROM OVERWORK, BUT THEY ARE WHAT THEY ARE. THEY TEND TO BE INFORMAL AND EASY GOING MAKING THEM SOCIALLY POPULAR, FAMOUS AND ALWAYS IN THE CENTER OF THE ATTENTION. SECOND DECAN OF ARIES RISING (10.00-20.00 DEGREES). THE SUB-INFLUENCES OF THIS LEO/SUN DECAN CAN INDUCE INTERESTING DIFFERENCES AND VARIATIONS. LEO, NATURAL RULER OF THE FIFTH HOUSE OF CREATIVITY, CHANCE-TAKING, PLEASURE AND YOUTHFULNESS, CAN FURNISH YOU WITH A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL ZEST FOR ORIGINALITY. YOUR POTENTIAL FOR COMING UP WITH NEW, DARING, AND UNIQUE IDEAS, DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS ARE GREAT. ARIES GIVES YOU DYNAMISM AND COURAGE; FIXED-SIGN LEO KEEPS YOU PLUGGING AWAY UNTIL YOU SUCCEED. FORTUNATELY, YOU DO NOT HAVE THE TENDENCY TO GO OFF “HALF-COCKED.” THE SUN ADDS WARTH AND BRIGHTNESS TO YOUR PERSONAL-ITY AND APPEARANCE. YOU MAY DRESS AND GROOM YOURSELF IN SOMETHING OF A COLORFUL OR SHOWY FASHION, AND YOU ARE VERY DRAMATIC IN EXPRESS-ING WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO SAY. REGARDLESS OF CHRONOLOGICAL AGE, YOU ARE FOREVER YOUNG AT HEART. FURTHER, YOU TEND TO GET ALONG WELL WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND IDENTIFY EASILY WITH “WHERE THEY’RE COMING FROM.” IF YOU HAVE OFFSPRING, IT’S PROBABLE YOU’LL BE VERY CLOSE AND THAT YOU’LL BE “ONE OF THE KIDS” WITH THEM AS THEY GROW. THE FIFTH-HOUSE INFLUENCE MAKES YOU THE BEST LOVER, AS IT NOT ONLY INCREASES YOUR INTEREST IN LOVE, BUT ALSO GIVES YOU MORE “STAYING POWER” THAN THE ARIES INFLUENCE ALONE PROVIDES - FROM COMPILED READINGS ON ARIES ASCENDANT.

THIS TITLE REPRESENTS THE METHODS ON HOW I DO, TAKE-ON, HANDLE AND ACCOMPLISH ANY OF MY WORKS. THE ASCENDANT (OR RISING SIGN) IS OFTEN CONSID-ERED THE MASK ONE WEARS. THEY SHOW OUR NATURAL DEFENSES AND HOW WE COPE WITH DAY TO DAY ISSUES. THIS WAS NOT AN ESSAY OF MY WORK. RATHER, IT’S A DESCRIPTION ON WHAT IT TAKES; HOW I SEE THE WORLD, HOW I PROJECT AND APPROACH THIS WORLD, HOW IT’S LIKE TO BE WORKING WITH AN ARIEN CHILD.