Forlorn Crucible
Forlorn Crucible: A liminal study on the human condition, where fracture gives rise to a shape that we can barely recognize. Over the past few months, my subconscious feelings led me to take random photos that represented my difficulties growing up as a Japanese American dealing with pectus excavatum, a birth defect in which one’s chest caves inward. I often found myself circling back to the dualism of the underlying beauty that lies within despair. More specifically, the subject matter that I often go back to includes worn objects and composed shadow abstractions. Can something greater be formed out of despair? Does this “something” extend beyond humanity and perhaps life itself? I want my images to serve as a visual language for the “unseen” struggle, pushing the viewer to find beauty in structural vulnerability.
