THIS IS…

“DECLINE”

DECLINE is a body of work that explores my mother’s decline in health through my eyes. In the midst of finding my own independence, hers was slowly being stripped away from her. Living in my childhood home I developed memories that are forever engraved in my head. These were moments my mother never wanted me to see in her decline, but I did because I had to. These moments I have suppressed in constant fear I would have to relive them, but as my mother’s health worsened it became my reality. This collection embodies the trauma and anxieties I have bottled up and that I carry on my shoulders every day. In addition, it explores my personal mourning of my mother’s death. Through repetitive words and imagery, I am forced to relive these experiences to come to terms with my family’s new normal.