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This is the full saturation image for SELFREFLECTION '07-02-26. I'm trying to explore the various aspects (ideas) of this subject. Standing behind the camera, being in front of it as well as the use of light/darkness.
A middle-aged woman with curly hair sits thoughtfully, resting her chin on her hand, in a warm and inviting space filled with natural light.
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What does progress actually feel like on an emotional level?
In this short, reflective monologue, Sindy explores why progress often feels quieter and more uncertain than we expect. Instead of excitement or clarity, emotional progress can feel slow, unfinished, and easy to misinterpret.
A calm, non-utopian reflection on change, meaning, and how progress is experienced in real life.
SCRIPT:
Progress isn’t always exciting.
It doesn’t always feel like momentum
or relief.
Sometimes it feels uneven.
Quiet.
Almost disappointing.
We expect progress to feel obvious—
like improvement,
like clarity,
like arrival.
But emotionally,
progress often feels like uncertainty.
Like letting go of something familiar
before the replacement feels solid.
It can feel slower than expected.
Less satisfying than promised.
And because it lacks drama,
it’s easy to miss—
or to mistake discomfort
for failure.
Maybe that’s why progress
doesn’t always inspire confidence.
Not because nothing is changing—
but because emotionally,
change rarely feels finished
while it’s happening.
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Is fairness defined by the rules—or by how things turn out?
In this short, reflective monologue, Sindy explores the tension between fair processes and unequal outcomes. When systems follow the rules but results feel uneven, fairness becomes harder to define—and harder to feel.
A calm reflection on fairness, systems, and lived experience in modern life.
SCRIPT:
We often defend fairness
by pointing to the process.
The rules were clear.
The steps were followed.
Everyone played by the same system.
And sometimes, that’s enough.
But when results feel lopsided,
process alone can sound distant—
even cold.
Because fairness isn’t experienced
in theory.
It’s felt at the end,
where effort meets consequence.
A fair process can still produce
outcomes that feel harsh,
or uneven,
depending on who had room to fail
and who didn’t.
So the question isn’t
whether the rules were fair.
It’s whether fairness
means being treated the same—
or being affected the same
when things don’t go as planned.
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A shot of Cleo in her element, the outdoor office. This is where most of Cleo's issues come to the forefront or front paw as the case may be.
Cleo loves O-town and wants to make sure that green space, parks, and community gardens will be around for generations to enjoy.
Watercolour on paper
Self-portraits from the 1980s to the Millennium
In the autumn of 1983, almost every day for two months, Hockney challenged himself to produce a self-portrait in charcoal. This period of intense self-reflection was, in part, a reaction to the untimely deaths of many of his friends due to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The honesty and vulnerability exposed in these drawings is a far cry from the confident self-portraits of thirty years earlier. Like the pages of a diary, these works record the daily changes in the artist’s moods and emotions.
In 1999, alongside his camera lucida drawings he made a series of self-portraits, for which he could not use this optical tool. These playful and vulnerable drawings in which he displays different facial expressions, were influenced by Rembrandt’s self-portrait etchings. In others, he adopted the classical side profile and half-length pose found in self-portraiture throughout art history.
In 2002 Hockney turned to watercolour, a medium he hadn’t explored since the 1960s. This new way of working freed up his approach; allowing him to draw quickly and directly onto paper. Hockney described the watercolour series as ‘portraits for the new millennium’, convinced that, despite his experimentation with the camera lucida, the human eye, the hand and the heart were the best tools for capturing the individuality of his sitters.*
From the exhibition
David Hockney: Drawing from Life
(November 2023 - January 2024)
David Hockney (b.1937) is regarded as one of the master draughtsmen of our times. He widely champions drawing, which is at the heart of his studio activity and has underpinned his work throughout his life. From the early pen and ink and coloured pencil drawings, to his more recent experiments with watercolour and digital technology, the artist’s inventive visual language has taken many different stylistic turns.
Over the past six decades he has never stood still, or rested on a particular approach, medium or technique, remaining inquisitive, playful and thought provoking while generously sharing his ideas with his audience. His drawing reflects his admiration for both the Old Masters and ‘modern Masters’ from Rembrandt to Picasso.
Drawing from Life explores the artist’s unique vision of the world around him, which is played out in portraits of himself and his intimate circle. A room of new ‘painted drawings’ of visitors to his Normandy studio in 2021-2 offer a glimpse of Hockney’s continuing working life.
All works in the exhibition are by David Hockney..
[*National Portrait Gallery]
Taken in National Portrait Gallery
Is pessimism easier to maintain than optimism?
In this short, reflective monologue, Sindy explores why optimism can feel harder to sustain in an uncertain world. While pessimism protects itself, optimism requires renewal, participation, and the willingness to stay engaged with a future that isn’t guaranteed.
A calm, non-utopian reflection on hope, meaning, and the emotional work of looking forward.
SCRIPT:
Pessimism has momentum.
It protects itself.
If things go wrong, it was right.
If things go right, it stays cautious.
Optimism is different.
It has to be renewed.
Reconsidered.
Chosen again after disappointment.
It doesn’t ignore risk—
it just refuses to let risk
be the only story.
And that makes optimism fragile.
Not naive,
but exposed.
It requires memory—
remembering that progress has happened before,
even when it’s slow,
uneven,
or easy to miss.
Maybe pessimism feels easier
because it asks less of us.
And optimism feels harder
not because it’s unrealistic—
but because it requires
continued participation
in a future
that hasn’t proven itself yet.
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