'This is what happened.'
Multimedia collage
A4 (210 x 297mm)
The second in a series of 12 collages.
"I sat with a paintbrush in front of an empty page.
I choose a colour. Red. And then it all came flooding back.
I hadn’t forgotten, but I had numbed myself to the feeling of it.
I cracked open and bled out onto the page.
This is what happened."
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This series of collages is a journey into the shadows. It was an exercise in taking ownership of my experience through a process of enquiry, raw expression, deconstruction and rewriting the narrative. Discovering the beauty in darkness. Through it I was able to shine light on a hidden aspect of my psyche, thereby coming to a fuller expression of my being. Acceptance, integration and finally, surrender.
