Monotypes are one-of-a-kind prints created by transferring an image painted on a glass plate to paper by means of pressure. Unlike intaglio, relief printing or lithography, monotypes employ no matrix, or permanent design, such as lines etched into an intaglio plate. Therefore, generally no more than one to three successive prints can be made from a single image painted on the plate, each being progressively paler as there is less ink on the plate. The words monotype and monoprint are often erroneously used interchangeably; monoprints refer to the technique of purposefully mis-inking (too thick, too thin, spotty) a plate with a matrix. These works incorporate themes of perceptual exploration as it relates to one's definition of meaning. What has meaning? Why does one feel that something has meaning? I believe that meaning is determined by the perceiver, and is not inherent. Through experience, or being in the world, and by the subsequent re-examination of one's beliefs, one defines meaning and thus the self. For me, this exploration manifests visually through narrative depictions drawing on myth. More than stories to entertain, myths examine difficult questions long pondered by humanity. Unlike more analytical works of philosophy, myths occur in the context of the world of experience. Thus, they maintain a connection to the personal experiences of readers and listeners; myths captivate and communicate in a way which more analytical forms of thought cannot. I utilize dreams as a mode of questing or re-analysis. Dreams illustrate the ability our minds have to expand, to accept new perspectives, and think beyond boundaries i.e. in dreams we may fly or find ourselves in situations which we would say could not exist in "reality", yet in the dream our minds accept these situations and experience them without questioning their impossibility. Beyond this, they are part of life, of being present to the world. For these reasons, I render dreams in an attempt to bring forth another aspect of myself.