INNER GIRL

In this photo we see my 2020 self and, held in my arms, my 1984 self.

During the pandemic, I wrote a letter to the little girl who felt rejected, different, abandoned... It was liberating to write from my unconscious because I was able to become aware of many things that lived inside me, and to which I had never paid attention before.

For much of my life I wore armor hiding my high sensitivity, because I learned that being that way wasn't validated.

Today I show myself without hiding because being extremely empathetic, very intuitive, emotionally intense, a lover of nature and animals, being overwhelmed by crowds, irritated by loud sounds, bothered by strong smells, needing a lot of solitude, and what has brought us to this exhibition today; being very creative, allows me to reach out and see things that go unnoticed by others.

I recently learned that I also have a high creative capacity (yes, at 40, because I needed to find some answers). I was a lost cause academically. I failed every subject except those that required using my imagination; in those, I got A's. My parents were constantly summoned to school. They kicked me out because I couldn't keep up. After that, I floundered until I became independent, and instead of being what they expected of me, I started becoming.

This is how I became a photographer 13 years ago.

Sharing what I am with the world.

Integrating that girl into my daily life.

Self-portrait April 2020

Embroidery June 2024

- Mouliné yarn with filled chain stitch and glow-in-the-dark wrapped yarn.