THE VAIN AND THE VICTORIOUS
Personal project | This was adapted from my journal writing from November 2017 where I expressed my feelings of coming to terms with what I had learnt from my breakup out of a toxic relationship. There is nothing charming about grief of facing emotional abuse in a relationship, going through depression which also brings in feelings of self-isolation and self-hate. Toxic relationships are dangerous; the arguments, the hate talks, the stress it brings can really cause scars deeper than one realises sometimes. It was difficult for me to process those feelings but creating these illustrations provided me a safe space to vent out my anger and hurt. I really feel that there is nothing worse than feeling loving a person in vain, while the other wants to dominate and feel victorious of owning somebody to make up for the lack of their own self-esteem.
I feel better and more empowered to know aspects of power dynamics and what power games can look like. It was a hard lesson but with an important moral.
SOFT PASTELS ON WATERCOLOR PAPER
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