I always loved the 7-year locusts when I was growing up. I'd collect their shells and examine them closely. There was something about the idea of shedding one's skin that appealed to me. Maybe that was why I also liked snakes. So now that I'm examining my life in these self portraits, I'm again attracted to the empty shells of this year's locusts. It feels like I am shedding skin after skin with every photo I take. I certainly am allowing myself to be naked and vulnerable.

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