I created this piece to depict the struggles I had of deciding whether or not to move from my hometown of 27 years. The decision was weighing down on me so much, and I couldn't decide which path to take.
Dreamer's Disease (2019). I remember being a kid and having all these grand ideas and dreams of who I would become when I was older. Was it an artist? A cop? A teacher? Who knew? I just remember constantly switching back and forth between aspirations.
The idea is that each plane represents a dream...and sometimes our dreams don't always happen or pan out the way we expect them to y'know? But that shouldn't stop us from continuing to build and fly more 'dreams'...because not all dreams crash, I reckon.
This was one of my first ideas after college and I'm so glad I could finally execute it! Thank to my good friends for letting me use their FANTASTIC daughter as a model, she was awesome!
🎂I’m officially 34 years old today! 🎂
For the past 4 years, I’ve attempted to do birthday portraits, and this year I’ve taken a step back to reflect on the yearly changes, of not only my physical self, but mental aspects as well.
When’s the last time you looked at your younger selves…but really looked? I have to admit it’s a bit unreal to see me…but it’s no longer me. Does that make sense? Every year I exist on this earth, is another year, month, day, second that I am grateful to be alive. And I am grateful to all 33 years that came before me.
The funnest part was creating the imagery and reflecting on all 34 versions of myself…the not-so-fun part is now to write a 5 page analysis of my self portrait for my contemporary issues class haha.
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P.s. if I don’t respond immediately, I am sorry! I’m still in Puerto Rico researching sugarcane, and my connection isn’t the best! Gracias!
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“The 34th”, Idea no. 768.
