The title WE ARE NOT ALONE has multiple meanings. It refers to our interconnectedness as thinking creatures living on a planet together. It refers to people of color and underrepresented genders in the US, feeling like the “other” when the demographics and histories of the world would tell you otherwise. In the canon of Western art we are often used as props, when shown at all, but here, we are centered and represent a multitude of ways of being. It refers to my belief that there is likely intelligent life in other solar systems, though I wonder if they too, are plagued with the level of tribalism, ethno-nationalism, willful ignorance and greed that’s destroying our own planet. It also refers to the kind of strength in numbers that is necessary to course correct this kind of self destruction.