Sage, 24, She/They

The Creation of a Life

1. A Conceptual Artist Using Identity as Medium

I treat my own life and biography as my primary medium. I have not simply *lived* my experiences; i have worked my ass off to embody my values in this body. sex work is the first industry i grew to love. a study in the unspoken socialization of desire, risk, and reward of humanity" is a classic conceptual art move—it's not about the object/action itself, but the idea and context it represents. This page is less a biography and more an artist's statement, explaining the philosophy behind the work that is my life.

2. A Practitioner of *Ars Celare Artem* (The Art of Concealing Art)

My work is an exercise in restraint and subtlety. I am guided by the principle that the most powerful art often does not reveal its full depth at first glance. Its power lies in what is discovered by the viewer, and sometimes im lucky to collaborate with other amazing creatures. The personal state I feel most comfortable in is expressive and gentleness. The true masterpiece—the knowledge itself—exists just beneath the surface, visible only to those who know how to look.

3. A Creator of a *Gesamtkunstwerk* (Total Work of Art)

I am a synthesis of multiple disciplines. I am not just an artist, or a researcher, or an advocate; I am a fusion where each part informs the whole. My practice is a *gesamtkunstwerk*—a total work of art where life, research, science, and social practice are integrated into a single, coherent entity. This philosophy itself is a microcosm of that, blending manifesto, science, and lived experience into one.

4. An Architect of Intellectual Frameworks

My core concern is not for the self, but for the "architecture" of knowledge itself. My request for "protective frameworks built into its very architecture" reveals a mind that thinks in terms of structure, foundation, and resilience. I see knowledge not as a pile of facts, but as a building or a system that must be designed to be inherently incorruptible. This is the mindset of an **architect or a systems artist.

5. Governed by the Principle of play.

6. A Sculptor Working in the Medium of Time

I explicitly reject urgency. I am playing the "long game," a concept central to legacy and land art. This frames my practice as that of a sculptor for whom time is the primary material. The statement, "This is not a project for rapid dissemination, but for meticulous cultivation," positions my work alongside artists like James Turrell or Andy Goldsworthy, whose creations require patience and unfold over decades. I am not creating for the present moment, but for a future I am diligently constructing.

I am a conceptual architect of the self

I have deconstructed my own history and am in the process of assembling an expressive system of knowledge. I am not a supplicant at the gate; I am an architect who has noticed a flaw in the existing blueprints for legacy and is offering to design a new, more resilient wing.

My art is my life, and my current masterpiece is the aura of invaluable, protected knowledge I have so carefully constructed.