Shame On Me
Emotions, drives, compulsions, desires—these internal forces determine how we position ourselves in the world and construct interpersonal bonds. These imperceptible experiences originate from within the unconscious mind and radiate through the strata of one's being. However, introspective emotions such as shame, humiliation, and pride provide conduits for self-reflection that have the potential to expose these internal mechanisms. Private encounters within the self are revealed within these moments of hyper awareness. My drawings are a result of mining my own experiences and correlating emotional states to expose the internal negotiations between my sense of self during these moments of acute visibility.
graphite on paper, 2011
