Alison Lang, Broken Pencil:
“‘I don’t think I really allowed myself to grieve at first,’ Halbert says. ‘I had a lot of stuff festering and it all compounded into this giant grief monster. Doing Acid Nun helped me untangle all this stuff and at the same time it was also terrifying. I filled my mind with every thing that could go wrong, every fear. My brain was feeding me at all times. I had to fight against that while working on this thing. It was complicated. But ultimately it was one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done artistically. I pushed through and got it done.’
Acid Nun isn’t all pain — there are house parties, creepers, brawls, bludgeoning and bacchanalian sex. It’s all part of Annie’s journey of empowerment and more importantly, of learning to love herself as a scarred but mighty survivor with macabre, decadent tastes.
‘I put every bit of my heart and soul into this — and I think it does show,’ Halbert says. ‘I hope it helps other people who feel grief, or trauma, or just feel like a fucking weirdo. I hope it lets them know they’re not alone. Because it really does help to know that.'”
Read the full interview on Broken Pencil’s website here!
