This piece reflects a personal narrative of identity, trauma, and tenacity. Each separate composition within the piece is a symbolic representation of the destruction of the human condition and coming to terms with the reality of this destruction. The large central figure with an emphasized skeletal pattern using soft charcoal and overemphasized white highlights portrays the human that lives within both the child and adult in the image. The separate nature of the compositions is tied together by using similar patterns of movement of the dandelion and smoke. The opposite nature of these elements aims to portray growing into coping mechanisms that destroy who you once were. The incorporation of real-life photos within the piece adds a personal anecdote to the piece that invites the viewer to reflect on their own experience with the feelings that the piece provokes. The added text, “it destroyed who i am” crossed out to say “it made who I am” juxtaposes the ultimately destructive nature of the piece. Ultimately, the piece is a testimony to survival and the eternal process of reconstruction amongst the ashes.
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