Making Sense
Making Sense explores how the act of reading can become an experience of empathy and perception. I designed a functional yet intentionally distorted font based on my dyslexic view of language, then used it to build paintings and sculptural works where poems unfold as spatial compositions that require the viewer to slow down and wrestle with words the way I do.
Abot the Poetry
The poetry in Making Sense is written to be constructed, not consumed. Each poem begins as text but is developed spatially through a custom-designed typeface that resists fluency. Words are stretched, compressed, and layered so reading becomes a physical act. Meaning unfolds through duration rather than immediacy. The poems are not meant to be skimmed. They ask for presence, repetition, and sustained attention.
About the Font and inspiration
The inspiration comes from lived experience. Growing up with dyslexia meant language was never neutral or effortless for me. Reading required constant recalibration. Instead of correcting that friction, I designed a functional yet distorted font that preserves it. The typeface reflects how language feels when it must be worked through rather than passed over. That font became the foundation of the series. It allows the work to treat reading as a shared process, where perception, patience, and effort become the subject rather than the obstacle.
