It took hundreds of hours to finish this piece. I feel it is time well-spent. The front is highly textured with embedded newspaper clippings, coffee, sand, gravel. The whole frame is lined with newspaper. The back has the names of at least 2284 journalists killed in the line of duty – many in war zones, many targeted, since 1992. This piece was inspired by the targeted killing of journalists covering Gaza and Ukraine, and the knowledge of journalists killed in the Philippines as well – one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist. Many are still missing and many more unidentified. Today it’s still dangerous to speak truth to power. This is a monument to the courage, tenacity, and power of those who wanted to tell the story and project voices. It is also a call to those with open hearts, to continue to engage, think, listen, act.