Sanctuary

Our bedrooms can be one of the safest places for us to be. It is a place of warmth, memories, dreams, a place to grow and change. It can be a violent place, where we hide or process our fears, repeat anxieties, experience trauma, or re-live nightmares. Sanctuary is displayed as a bedroom for viewers to fill with their own best and worst memories.

I occupy this space in my own way, presenting The Things You Left Behind and Typology of Healing. These projects have their own stories, but together they are an example of the trauma, growth, and healing that took place. 

The Things You Left Behind

Items can have a lot of sentimental meanings and memories attached to them. On my journey, I have found many memories, some of them good, others traumatic, but all of them have shaped me into the individual I am today. I have always believed that people come into our lives temporary to teach us how to grow. Our experiences with these people can as impactful as my grandmother, who raised me until she died when I was a young girl or as small as falling for a person that never deserved even a single glance, Regardless of the reasons, absence of a person can be heart breaking no matter what and The Things You Left Behind become a archive of their impact on my life.

Typology of Healing

Mental health has been something that I have struggled with all my life. It’s a strange feeling when you grow into a life that you feel like you never asked for. With a lot of feelings of dysphoria and anxiety, I struggle with my sense of self everyday. It wasn’t until I entered therapy years ago that I started being able to manage those feelings and better. Typology of Tears is a collection of tissues I’ve been pocketing from those therapy sessions. This typology of tissues is a graphic history of my many sessions with my therapist and the darkest parts of myself. With each tissue comes it’s own individual story and experience and a single step closer to to healing.