"I could see what you're doing with all your shoulds and shouldn'ts. The subtitles on your face, I read them just fine. They're metal bars meant to cage me, but I'm a naughty one. Wait to see I bend the bars and shape them to my own."
9'' x 12'' framed to 11''x14''
Graphite and colored pencils on Strathmore Bristol 100lb paper
Signed and dated
Breaking free from social norms and expectations is a recurring theme in my artwork, and this piece is another reflection of that journey.
I found it almost impossible to be completely free, free to the point where I don't even think about those expectations. But maybe that's not the goal. Maybe the goal isn't total escape, but awareness. Awareness of how these pressures shape us, and the courage to not let them control our choices.
Maybe the goal is to be a naughty prisoner, you see? :)
