“Some Kind of Murder” is an ongoing body of work that reflects on the growing pains of young adulthood. The process of self-actualization is often lonely; it necessitates the shedding of old skins and expired relationships. Only through the dissolution of self is a new self born. Thus, inherent to personal transformation is an experience of grief—mourning past versions of the self and holding space for the poignant heartache of loss. Grief is solitary by nature. Even in the company of others, we turn inward. We wake up one day to find ourselves inexplicably at a distance from the world around us, not quite sure how to get back. This project explores the feelings of dissociation and isolation that colored my early 20s, allowing me to identify the emotions that I have not yet found the words to describe.
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