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Tonight I beleive I am finally going to have a chance to address the unnerving exposure I am subjected to as a part of gay culture. I don't feel affected personally, only indirectly. But nonetheless, the press coverage and endless arguments over the future of gay marriage has been a constant thought in the back of my mind. For my screenprinting project, we have to create a piece, at least a yard in size, that involves our personal sense of place. My personal refuge is my bed and the sheets that cover it. In a sense, the sheets are symbolic of security, of my personal comfort, my personal and intimate space. So tonight I am going to take my unfitted bedsheet and screenprint verses regarding sexual conduct from the Book of Leviticus in repeated vertical rows, with a void where Leviticus 18:22 would be. Over this, I think I am going to screenprint bucolic, expressive flowers falling from top to bottom on the right side of the sheet. On the surface, the piece would appear to be a pretty, pleasant floral print above some sort of background text, but at closer inspection, it would be revealed that the text is from Leviticus, and it is upon this text primarily that my past growing up Catholic, as well as my potential future as dictated by law, is evident. Will there be flowers blooming or flowers falling? This presidential election, part of that destiny will be decided.