Etchells’ twists the societal idea that neon signs are made to instruct you and instead uses them to make you complicit in a personal drama you had no business walking in on. His glow-y neon signs tell brief, fragmented narratives… only a segment of a larger story everyone has missed.
"Miracles are to come.
With you I leave a remembrance
of miracles: they are by
somebody who can love
and who shall be continually reborn,
a human being."
"For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again."
"I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people. Maybe that is what makes people “participate."
- Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)