Thursday, April 12, 2012

Unseen




"And it's hard to dance with the devil on your back."

From the Florence and The Machine song, "Shake It Out." I wanted to do a set of illustrations contrasting the hope and despair, and I guess those inner happenings of one's mind, that we are often so not aware of in others, or may not feel we have control of ourselves. It's a concept that's been on my mind for quite a while, and I finally feel more comfortable attempting to illustrate it out. Anyways. This is part of that. Flip-side to come.


And because it's semi-related... I thought I'd link this trailer for the documentary "Miss Representation" that recently came out. I watched it the other day and it was fantastic. Very informative of a pervasive and destructive problem in our society, that effects both men and women. And I liked this documentary especially because it didn't just point out the problem, but suggested things we can do, which is empowering. So if you get a chance to see the film, do it!


(in case I should give warning, includes some examples of offensive media portrayal of women, as... it's a film about the destructiveness of those things)

4 comments:

laurenetay said...

Thanks for sharing, Simini. Really inspirational stuff!

matthewART said...

yikes! scary ... but so very very well done!

Heather & Justin said...

this is amazing sim.

Anonymous said...

Hi... just want to say I love your artwork, and that this piece is truley amazing. It perfectly conveys the despair that we sometimes feel within ourselves and I keep coming back to look at it. Really great job! I would love to see the flip side of hope! :)