I long to live a life full of joy and comfort. I started this project in response to the constant negativity that filled my domestic life.
Bittersweet is a visual diary of the way I see the world, a self-portrait of myself reflected in nature. I had always found comfort in nature however, more recently I can’t help but almost resent it. With new climate issues surfacing every day, the future of the world is uncertain. The once idyllic landscapes now seem dull and pitiful. Something that once filled me with joy now fuels a forlorn spirit. Just as my life is out of control so is nature itself. Climate disruption is a mirror of the domestic disruptions that occur in my life.
Just as everything in nature is changing, my own identity feels like it is changing as well. The choice to abstract the images by stamping them away was a process that reflected how nature is changing not only for myself but also the world. The world feels abstract, nature feels chaotic and not whole.
