“I believe in the pure thrust of intuition, trust of the body.” This quote by Performance artist Carolee Schneeman eloquently describes what I have currently undertaken in my own practice as an artist. In this new work I am striving to initiate a dialog between dance and painting. Formally this work involves space, choreography, line, improvisation, beauty, space, actual movement, and process. In Autobiography, I bring into play my extensive training in ballet and contemporary dance without actually giving the viewer a dance. Rather, I rely on my inherent knowledge and vocabulary of the physical self to talk about myself as a dancer. The wall here is a metaphor for self – my movements across the wall symbolize how I believe I move through life. The wall is a hard, unforgiving surface, as life is at times. I think of how we feel or navigate through different situations in life: What happens when we stretch ourselves into uncomfortable situations? Take risks? Go beyond what we know? In the end, we inevitably come back to ourselves. The act of drawing and painting then becomes a vehicle for me to leave my traces. The performance is witness to a moment in time. I am editing the body form. In essence, the piece is about space, time, and the mark of the body.