Grief is something I have been familiar with since I was 12 and my Dad died, with other loved ones following. Navigating death is never easy but growing up, it was made so much more difficult by the fact that most people did not know how to talk about it and treated it as a taboo subject once their social responsibility of giving condolences was met. People say they are there for you but then once you start talking, they become scared and divert the conversation.
I think this is largely because this is something that is not represented, even though it is a completely universal experience that every human has known since the beginning of time. With this project, I wanted to visualize this grieving process after my Grandpa died. When it feels like you are in a time purgatory in which nothing else matters besides being with the others who have felt your loss and recognizing the little things; the little things they left behind, and the little things you hold onto to get through. When reality becomes blurred.
In expressing so much loss, I wanted to make sure to also show all the love that comes with it as loss is truly nothing without the love you feel first.
