Motherhood

2023, 50x50cm

Motherhood is an alchemical transformation - a journey of delicate intensity and profound metamorphosis. Since my son's birth, I've navigated a labyrinth of emotions, where love and contradiction dance in perpetual motion. Learning to 'let go' became my daily meditation, watching my child orbit between independence and connection, between his world and mine.

This experience exists in a unique duality - deeply personal yet universally shared. While each mother charts her own course, we all seek connection, understanding, and validation in a world quick to judge but slow to comprehend. Society's gaze weighs heavy, from fellow parents to educational institutions, creating an invisible pressure that shapes our journey.

Motherhood strips us bare - consuming our former selves while simultaneously gifting us with unprecedented joy. It's a paradoxical transformation where loss and gain intertwine. The woman we once were dissolves, making space for a new identity that carries both sacrifice and profound fulfillment.

This work explores the raw choreography of maternal emotions - a visual narrative where love, conflict, distance, and merger collide and coalesce. It's an intimate exploration of the beautiful chaos that defines the mother-child relationship, capturing moments where confusion transforms into clarity, and separation breeds connection.