Five pictures to sum up a wide array of emotions. Each one has a story behind it.
Girl in the Mirror
With this piece I wanted to convey how sometimes I don't recognize the girl staring back at me from the mirror. Society makes you want to fit in and change yourself to fit expectations. While I sometimes don't recognize her I know that she is now a part of me.
Just Don't Get Fat
Society holds the impossible standard for women. I've heard it all; don't get fat, you're to skinny, not curvy enough, not skinny enough, eat more, eat less. It makes it hard to just have a positive relationship with how you look when society keeps telling you what to think.
Money Please
In elementary school the kids would sing "Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, money please" and pull their eyes with their fingers. It gave my a huge insecurity at a young age. This piece shows a memory of when I would spend hours in front of the mirror trying to "fix" my eyes.
Numb
This piece was created in a moment of vulnerability. When life got too hard I would just sit in the shower and struggle in my head. In recent years I struggled with not only my mental health but also coming to terms with it. Society has built a negative stigma around mental health which makes it hard to get the help that you need.
Free
With this piece I wanted to convey the feeling of freedom one feels after rejecting the labels society put on them. The words on the mirror have stuck with me as I grew up and a lot of the were a source for self hatred and hard times. But I learned how to erase them and a burden was lifted from my soul.
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