Sometimes we get so tied up to an idea of who we should be and how we should present ourselves. These feelings can stem from societal pressure or self hate. Sometimes it’s the past catching up with us and it’s our subconscious memories resurfacing and creating a boundless well of confusion. We might express this in a multitude of ways. Artists in this exhibition use different strategies for addressing these thoughts and expressions. Dance and movements are one of them as it is a motive to express anger and pain, this is seen in both Ralph Lemon and Okwui Okpokwasili’s work. Words also hold a heavy impact when it comes to expression. Sometimes the only way to express pain is through an overflow or excess of words. It could be a million strings of words that don’t add up or make sense to outsiders, but still perfectly carries our emotions in a tightly well packaged box, ready to be opened for the world to absorb. This mode of expression can be seen in Yinka Bolarin, and Okwui Okpokwasili’s work. Okpokwasili’s work specifically touches on the experiences of what it’s like to be a black woman and the struggles black women go through, she performs in a way that the audience are able to empathize and understand at least a sliver of the pain and struggles that black women have to undergo as a result of living in America. Regardless of the mode of expression these artists choose, this exhibition shows how essential it is to have a creative outlet for the overwhelming madness that we all hold inside.