It seems that the desire to dress up and act as the other has always been present with me. As a pre-teen, I spent a lot of time watching and emulating Bollywood cinema. Such practice and play with performance provided avenues for creative expression in the business of becoming an American. At age 24, I pictured myself as a young Indian housewife, roaming about, completing the tasks of the day. Who is she and why did she appear at that time and place in my life? In the process of reinventing myself, I wonder about what I left behind. I construct images that release my subconscious. Simultaneously I perform as if I am being watched. The awareness of that gaze is what consumes my photographs with the performative gestures. I find myself being imagined and re-imagined by none other then myself.
