‘Annotations of the Self’
Annotations of the Self is a portrait made from memory, language, and internal weather. The silhouette isn’t just a figure—it becomes a container for the emotional archive we carry everywhere: unfinished sentences, late-night thoughts, journal fragments, private negotiations with the self.
The collage underneath includes handwritten notes, pages from books, personal reflections, and gathered text that once lived as part of my everyday life. Painting over these words felt like acknowledging that identity is layered and porous. We grow through what we once believed, what we once feared, and what we still can’t fully name.
The ink splashes and gestural brushwork are not chaos for the sake of chaos—they behave like thoughts in motion, memories forming and dissolving, the mind processing quietly without needing to be orderly. It’s the sensation of speaking without sound, of living inside your own questions, of being shaped by what you can’t quite translate into language.
Annotations of the Self is a reminder that who we are is never singular or polished. We’re made of every version of ourselves we’ve ever been—archived, rewritten, crossed out, softened, and reclaimed. Identity is not a single moment; it’s a living manuscript.