Ed Williford's artist statement is more or less summed up by this excerpt from a poem by Fernando Pessoa: ...

To me it seems so natural not to think that sometimes I start laughing to myself at what? I'm not quite sure, but something to do with the idea of people thinking...

What will my wall think of my shadow? that's what i sometimes wonder, till I notice i'm wondering

And then I feel annoyed and ill at ease, as if I found my foot had gone to sleep...