Infinite Wisdom
Infinite Wisdom began with a stolen tooth, a piece of someone else pocketed as if it were my own, a secret act of rebellion against the monotony of normalcy.
This moment felt bigger than me, a reclamation, a new foothold amongst the loosening grip I have on life, the result of shifting from adolescence to adulthood, and having to reestablish my place in the world.
In the words of Dr Carl Jung, from a young age, we are divided in two. The Ego, which encapsulates our characteristics acceptable to society, and the Shadow, where we hide the rest.
The dark side of the moon.
Infinite Wisdom is the result of obscuring the boundaries. A shadow is inescapable, and I am harnessing mine.
Facing my internal world without flinching, giving it a face, an existence outside of myself.
My images explore the ebb and flow of anxiety, and the overthinking and overanalyses that accompany it.
I am sitting in the deepest well, grasping at the darkness swirling inside me, and putting it on display. Trying to piece together the fragmented inner turbulence, the results abstract and restless, resisting clarity the same way my mind does.
I am figuring out how to speak its language, instead of trying to translate it.