The more I shoot the more I'm starting to recognize narrative threads. This work is about me, my sense of self, and my journey through memory, trauma, love, self definition, agency, meaning-making, and home as I define it. What I really see progressing so far are themes of tension and un/comfortability, the interconnectedness, attachment and detachment I feel within my family. I realize that I have to take stock of what's inside the home I'm struggling to grow in, in able to journey through and out of it. So, this sequencing is reflective of that. Starting with the family portrait that hits at the crux of the disconnect, moving inward into a more emotional core, then kind of working through that more symbolically with archive materials and personal objects which we see in the newest work. I made some older images black and white to give a sense of cohesion, and I chose to leave out the self portrait at the party, because it didn't quite fit (as well as the image of the side table unfortunately, since I don't have that piece anymore). I don't think I'm at the point in the work where I'm ready to journey to other defined spaces and communities, but it may tie in later. For better or worse I still tend to think pretty linearly when creating, especially when a particular narrative is involved. I think once more work has been made all of these pieces and narratives have the potential to live on different planes and maybe even exists simultaneously, but I need to see the full picture first. At this stage I'm still following threads.
