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Human presence and memory are combined in this work.  Alfred Harris says that he started using heads in my work several years ago after seeing a photograph of the walls of a student lock-up (studentenharzer) at the University of Heidelberg.  The heads were drawn on the walls over a period of time several centuries ago.  The image was very haunting and something clicked for me.  They were painted as an act of self -affirmation, as if to say, 'I am here, I am alive,' perhaps at a time when the person wondered if anyone remembered or thought of him.  This feeling is universal.