13/10/2022
"๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป"
October, 2022
Mixed media on stretched canvas
18x24"
Grief and tragedy is a universal experience-- one might ponder what they could have done to prevent such occurrences, to have them be shielded from them. On a more nihilistic approach, it can be said that none of these experiences could have happened if one was not born into this world to begin with.
For women in particular, a lot of these tragedies involve gender-based discrimination, harassment, or assault; all of which are rooted in being born as a woman in a still patriarchal world.
"[...] ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ช๐ต๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐โ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฐ๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ: ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต, ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ
โ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต (๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ) ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ.
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต, ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ช๐ด๐ต."