Security Blanket is a work that bears witness to one child at the U.S.-Mexico border: detained, separated from his family, and on lockdown. Created with ink on one of the flimsy, mylar "blankets" given to children by Border Patrol, it is the opposite of the dreamlike notion of a "security blanket," which makes a child feel warm and secure. This is a nightmarish blanket furnished by the authorities, ostensibly to keep our borders "secure."

The problem with this was expressed with clear moral authority by Mr. Henri Borland in this 1-minute video. He was one of the children arrested & deported from France during WWII by the Vichy government in collaboration with German Nazis:

“You know, when adults are detained, it is possible to be fooled by propaganda that says, 'they’re all enemies,' etc. But there could be no possible excuse when children are detained. One cannot say that one was scared of them - that they were enemies. Even people in the worst bad faith... when a child is detained, those who make the arrests are criminals, conscious of their acts. So how could this have been possible?”
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French Original:
“Vous savez, quand on arrête des adultes, on peux se laisser berner par la propagande qui dit 'c’est tous des ennemis,' etc. Mais quand on arrête les enfants il y a plus la moindre excuse. On peut pas dire qu’on avait peur d’eux, ou que c’était des ennemis. Même les gens de la plus mauvaise foi... Quand on arrête un enfant, on est un criminel, conscient de ce qu’on fait. Alors comment ça a été possible?”
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Included in the exhibitions:

-Racism: The Other American Pandemic, at ECSU, 2020, and reviewed in the Hartford Courant.

-Impact 2022: Art That Bears Witness, BAC, 2022
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