Burkatic
2011 Self Portrait
One of my earlier peices. It is a self portrait, though it is outdated. I made this around... 17? 18?
The squares represent my own desire for control and balance in life, forced into shape, but imperfect, for total control is impossible. The squares are placed strategically in how they relate to one another. I will let you try to interpret that part!
The center red square is the main boundary around the individual. A thin line that is my mental boundary, creating an inside and outside to my existance, thin to represent how I imagine it is much easier to cross over, move between, internalize and externally manifest than we realize. Wrapped in Red thread - red for blood, thread for binding of the flesh and soul. I am me, all of me.
The paper is growing knowledge that I need to add to continually to move forward and higher in my life and personal growth.
The patchwork is my colorful childhood and family connections, that were collected and eternalized in how I act and connect with others. The people in my life make up my heart and I can add to it at any time.
The cardboard is my humanity, my flimsy, weeping humanity, often taken for granted, assuming our existence is sturdy and we are safe, but we are physically and mentally more fragile than we want to admit.
The barbed wire is my protection, like spines of a porcupine. I don't share my pain easily, and I often try to protect myself from it too. Few people I openly let past that guard.
The wood is for my work ethic. I value my work and I care excessively over it, I work for myself and for my family and friends, and it is laborious and I don't let up on myself.
2011 Self Portrait
One of my earlier peices. It is a self portrait, though it is outdated. I made this around... 17? 18?
The squares represent my own desire for control and balance in life, forced into shape, but imperfect, for total control is impossible. The squares are placed strategically in how they relate to one another. I will let you try to interpret that part!
The center red square is the main boundary around the individual. A thin line that is my mental boundary, creating an inside and outside to my existance, thin to represent how I imagine it is much easier to cross over, move between, internalize and externally manifest than we realize. Wrapped in Red thread - red for blood, thread for binding of the flesh and soul. I am me, all of me.
The paper is growing knowledge that I need to add to continually to move forward and higher in my life and personal growth.
The patchwork is my colorful childhood and family connections, that were collected and eternalized in how I act and connect with others. The people in my life make up my heart and I can add to it at any time.
The cardboard is my humanity, my flimsy, weeping humanity, often taken for granted, assuming our existence is sturdy and we are safe, but we are physically and mentally more fragile than we want to admit.
The barbed wire is my protection, like spines of a porcupine. I don't share my pain easily, and I often try to protect myself from it too. Few people I openly let past that guard.
The wood is for my work ethic. I value my work and I care excessively over it, I work for myself and for my family and friends, and it is laborious and I don't let up on myself.