In-Progress: Studio Project: Watching The Clock

This is a reflective project that look at human's subconscious mind from a psychological stance before sleep, during sleep and all the hours tossing and turning in between. The subconscious in between, the things that keeps you up at night, ailing thoughts, concerns, worries, stress, troubling day, the future, the past, the present, etc.

The concept is portray through a series of long exposure images with elements consisting of an elaborate light drawing, a model, and a burst of flash to freeze the model. The interaction between the light drawing and model illustrates animal idioms and phrases, such as "curiosity killed the cat, busy as a bee, big white elephant in the room, blind as a bat, etc. Each animal chosen portrays a characteristic that we possess and apply to the dark part of the day. We are curious in our thoughts, we are restless at night busy planning for the next day, we reflect upon ourselves as how others perceive us and how we perceive ourselves, we are blinded in our ways, we run from reality, we are sometimes the producer of the pits we fall into. Each image portrays a state of mind, an emotion, a dreamlike scene, reflecting our nightly journeys.

Dark, yet hopeful; endure, thrive, repeat.

First of the series:

Second:

"The big, white elephant in the room." Well, let's start out with how awkward that situation might be. Waste no time avoiding the issue. The problem will not go away so just surrender and give it some attention and care. Whether big or small issues, tackle it and take it care of it now. It may start out small and avoidable, harmless and overlooked, but when it sits in the corner of your room and towers over you, the only thing you can do is look it straight in the eyes.