I have strong feelings that we are not separate from one another, but it’s not that simple. Phantoms is a series exploring the complex nature of a world that doesn’t always recognize its connections. Fear, pain, and confusion arise when we believe we are separate from one another. We don’t know how others will perceive us, how we’ll be received by the world, who might be a friend, and who might represent danger. Strangers become phantoms that hold that fear and anticipation of the unknown. This can even cause us to lose our connections to ourselves.