The work ìPink Slip Fashioned Flag (for Lake City),î is composed of repetitive intervals of form, text and color; specifically iterations of the words ìWorkî and ìWorry.î This mantra was made in contemplation of what Albert Camus described as the Absurd nature of existence. Camus discussed a cycle of ëmeaningful intervals' in everyday life, those being work and rest. Acceptance of both is essential to finding balance and happiness. Growing up in the Rust Belt, when one understands the nature of manufacturing and its cycle of boom and contraction, the interval of non-≠work becomes a forecast of suspicion and woe. Visually this piece seeks to pull one in with bright, candy colored form, while simultaneously creating concern with its repeating text. The cycle of work and rest, as Camus reminds us, is eternal. ìWorkî and ìworryî are the intervals that better describe my experience of the world, so I balance the scales with color and pattern.