The Other Side of Joy
“If I am like this for two weeks a month is that who I am?”
This particular sentence immediately captured my attention, I was browsing through a Google search for severe premenstrual syndrome and had just come across a condition called PMDD (Premenstrual-Dysphoric-Disorder).
I immediately recognised my self in most of the descriptions of symptoms, in the little information I could find and in the words of other women going through a similar struggle.
As I began making sense of what I have been going through,I felt compelled to create a body of work that would capture the fragility of these moments in a way that is also beautiful and poetic, to show that vulnerability can also be a strength, other than a cause of embarrassment and distress.
Through a series of self portraits, conceptual still lifes and drawing directly on my personal experience, this series explores how hormonal shifts can affect women’s mental and physical health.
From Water Springs Life
Like a Fish in a Bottle
A Cycle of Death and Rebirth
On Days Like This
Migraine
Not in the Mood
Insomnia
Lethargy
Where No One Can Find Me
Uncontrollable Hunger
Deep Breathing
When Autumn Comes
Fragments
Queen Bee
