For Chavez, the study of creative genesis is an all-encompassing fascination. True Light was a decidedly devotional endurance performance lasting for three months. The performance was the first of many occasions Chavez has utilized her body as a living laboratory for investigating creative genesis. The artist fasted for ninety days broken into a trinity of thirty-day units, each with a different focus: thirty days of prayer, followed by thirty days of meditation, followed by thirty days of silence. This methodical process of self-imposed deprivation was designed to cleanse the artist’s perception and connect her with the inner source of creativity.