In this season of political, financial, and social polarization on a national and territorial scale, artists can incite real correspondence, compassion, and understanding required for an agreeable future. Artists can empower coordinated effort and a feeling of shared knowledge between individuals in spite of our clear contrasts. It might offer new methods for critical thinking that sidestep conventional methodologies. While art might be an essential key to the strength of our

Ascension Series is a sculptural installation of war crafts - airplanes and drones - that I have witnessed. I examine flight as a physical and spiritual experience, reflecting on childhood memories shaped by conflict. I was born in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war. I remember the sirens and running to the shelter with my parents, and five minutes after that sound of Iraqi jets and exploding bombs. After the war, I was exposed to visual propaganda - large public murals - that h