gentle

I’ve been working on ‘the death of girlhood’ for a few months now. It’s wild how quickly time flies, and it’s even harder to comprehend it all when looking back at so many photos for this project.

It really makes me, and at the moment I live, feel so small.

It's not insignificant, just small.

‘gentle’ is a zine I’d like to continue making issues of to coincide with the project as I continue to create works about identity, childhood, religion, etc. Similar to ‘the death of girlhood’, the zine is composed of collage art, blending photos, writing, illustrations and more to tie in the intrinsic value of using artifacts with personal history in the art.
I’d like it to be a continuous reminder that, despite how full of emotion I may be at times when it comes to reflecting on my childhood, my teenage years, and my present identity in this current climate; to be gentle. Gentle with myself, and the girl I once was. Because after all, she is small, but so am I. And maybe that’s why I can hold her closer, not as something lost, but as something still becoming.