Are we the blessed denizens of planet earth, imbued with self-awareness and minds that can evolve us beyond our simple mammalian past? Are we creatures that one day tragically became aware of time, and consequently, death, and spend our lives scrambling to seek meaning, define our surroundings, and right invented wrongs?
These questions and more are prevalent within my work. I’m confused, and all I have to go by is my own multi-faceted perception and emotional reaction to this strange existence. I’m in love with, and weirded-out by, life.

Ben Pederson 2011

8 August 1979