"To Carry" "Tired"
This series as you see above is called the “Free’ series and is meant to depict a journey of self improvement. Originally, I wanted to make the topic solely on vulnerability but due to time constraints and conflicts with trying to capture the essence I was looking for , I chose to change the topic to freedom. Freedom is subjective as many would believe freedom to be mostly physical whether it be from literal shackles and chains or abuse. I wanted to depict freedom in a mental sense as many people in today’s society is mentally slaves to ideals or thoughts that they should be freed from. The bag symbolizes the physical manifestation of mental baggage and how it can feel after a while whether a person is depressed or weighed down by burdens that they do not share. The first image is meant to relate to people wanting to oppose the standards but knowing how to go about opposing it, hence the name “In Opposition”. My second image, “ To carry”, is similar to the first image but the difference is the self realization that to oppose something and to be yourself, you have to identify the source of the problem. In “The Opposition”, there are no bags present while in “To carry”, the bags are ever so present. I wanted to go for the feeling of dread, having it so that the viewer and myself have realized that themselves and I have been carrying a weight for so long that it became normal or nonexistent. Now that the bags are present, the weight is seemingly heavier and though the bags need to be dropped, I wanted to give a sense of obligation to carry the weight due to me carrying it for so long. By the third image, “ Tired”, The shirt has come off representing culture and stripping it of its value and its importance in my life. The bags are no longer worn but yet ever so present in the image. By the fourth image, “ Salvation”, I have dropped all shirts symbolizing my renewal through God as well as renewal in self, being freed from the weight and obligations left for the world. Now I can walk into the light and assume a version of self that is true to me and not anyone else’s.
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