With this work, I promised myself that I would create something that brought me pure, immense joy. In light of the times that we are in, it is important to focus on the little things that make us happy. Candy unequivocally brings me immense joy. It’s anything but simple, and if you look past its sugar coating, you’ll see it too. Many people may expect me to focus my art on the injustices that continue to happen to my community, but that is not all that I was put on this earth to do. As Elaine Welteroth once said, “When you exist in spaces that weren’t built for you, sometimes just being you is the revolution.” This is me- existing and being unapologetically me.