It's finished! (Actually, it was finished a long time ago, but right now it's officially on display.) This piece marks the beginning of my departure from my previous wedding theme. At first, my wedding theme seemed like a natural continuation of my Head & Heart series. However, one of my favorite art projects I've ever made at MLWGS was my mixed-media social justice "painting," and I loved it so much because it gave me a way to protest against an issue personal to me. As Quarter 1 went on, I began to feel very trapped by the wedding theme, since I felt that it was only portraying a rose-colored view of the world, and I made this piece as a bridge between the wedding theme (the piece is of a young woman trapped by societal bridal expectations and attacked by words that young girls hear from birth about how they should behave/what kind of bride they must be) and the upcoming feminist theme.
Although I have not been on any end of these phrases (except the receiving end of some of the more minor ones), I know other people who have had these things said to them, and the point of my art is rapidly becoming relatability among women. (In this matter I will have to be careful to not leave too many people out - hopefully my feminism will be improved in making this new art.) I feel like I have finally moved in the direction I wanted to be in all along - expect more pieces even further in this direction coming soon!
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