This series, The Recognition of Prior Assumptions is a combination of digital photography and text. The triptych photographs and the corresponding poems were created over the span of three years, from 2008-2011. The work is concerned with the constantly evolving human patterns of behavior and creation. Both behavior and creation are infused simultaneously with a virtuous and ignoble personal history. Each poem deals in some way with the patterns created by human behavior, and it is the recognition of these patterns that comes to inform our worldview. Similarly, the photographs illustrate the interconnectedness of specific spaces and aim to extrapolate the patterns that occur within the creation of a specific site, whether it be natural, man-made or some combination of the two. These patterns of creation are subtly illustrated in all things humans work to build and appreciate.

Because both poetry and triptychs are traditions rooted in storytelling, the poems provide a greater depth to the narrative in the photographs while the photographs allow the text a physical space in which to be contemplated. It is in these quiet moments of reflection when we recognize intimate truths hidden within our prior assumptions. This series expresses the feeling of those frequent, if fleeting, moments of insight.