Scenes Without Alters examines how the Black woman’s body becomes a contested site of care, projection, violence, and survival. Through layered imagery, fragmented text, and juxtaposed figures, the series explores how Black women are simultaneously witnessed, misread, burdened, and held—often at once. The collages trace the tensions between emotional baggage, public performance, and the persistent demand that Black women absorb others’ trauma while still remaining resilient. Together, the works ask how one moves through the world as a Black woman when history, memory, and gaze refuse to let go.