Touch Response

 

Messengers
Digital Artwork

“Hands are the messengers of emotion.” -  A Natural History of the Senses,  Diane Ackerman, page 118

While brainstorming for this piece, I was inspired to research the bodily maps of emotions. The four figures represented here are, from left to right, happiness, anger, depression, and sadness. They are standing upon pedestals of large hands to send the message of vastly different emotions. The different colors of the bodily maps were very striking to me, and I knew I wanted to incorporate them into my work. The piece represents how our hands deliver emotions we experience to others and the world.

Self Love
Digital Artwork

“We can change its color and texture when the mood strikes us, but in time it will return to its original form, just as Nature will in time turn our precisely laid-out cities into a weed-way.” -  A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman, page 84

This quote in particular jumped out at me and reminded me of the profit the hair removal industry makes off of women who are insecure about their body hair. For some women, hair removal is harder and can feel like a futile resistance to attempt to be rid of it. For teenagers, it can be a source of insecurity and embarrassment and this can carry far into adulthood. The quote reminds me that no matter what you do to change the hair on your head or your body, Nature will return the precise grooming and styling into its natural state.