Born 2 Fly / Too Fly is an analogue collage series that explores Black girlhood through the intimate, transformative relationships between Black girls. The work considers friendship as both a literal and metaphorical fabric, one woven through care, imagination, protection, and shared becoming. I am interested in these bonds as sacred spaces where Black girls create freedom, cultivate joy, and make themselves visible through one another.

Drawing from research on Black girlhood alongside personal memory and collective storytelling, the series asks: How do Black girls survive because of each other? How do frie​ndship and intimacy become practices of refuge in a world that often renders Black girls vulnerable to violence and invisibility? What forms of expression, play, and world-building emerge from these relationships, and how can collage hold those histories materially?

The collages are rooted in memories of the artists’ childhood - of wandering, imagining, and creating expansive worlds with their best friend. Those moments of play, pleasure, and mutual recognition continue to shape how they understand Black girlhood as a site of possibility rather than limitation. By incorporating shared anecdotes and conversations with people reflecting on their experiences of Black girlhood, the work expands beyond autobiography to honor the collective ways Black girls have found safety, love, and liberation in one another.