RELEASE THE KRAKEN | Embracing Shadow

Photography by: @Visionsbysaturn

“Death cannot be avoided or outrun.”

I look at this capsule collection and can feel the divine rage dissipating off me like mist. I can see the personal armageddon, an internal battle between my light and my shadow. Feeling heartbroken, not because of any sole individual, but because I am faced with once again feeling abandoned by self. When the only way out is through, there is no choice but to face this breach of self-trust. 

While sitting in the park with a friend, who is typically gentle in delivery, she firmly states, “Pick yourself back up”. Top lip raised, head cocking to the side. The conviction stirred me. Like a ram, I humbly lay down for this slaughter. Ready to release the burden of identifying wholly with this energy.

Let this be a reminder of our capacity for expansion and trust in our inner knowing. No sketches, no planning. These pieces poured out of me as I was confronted with the harsh undercurrent of my psyche. 

Are you in a death cycle or a life cycle?

I end this cycle having swam through oceans of discernment - separating projections from truth.

In sitting with my shadow, I am being presented to choose: continue to be guided by fear; or take ownership of my sense of self and happiness. So, I do the only thing I know how. I cut, sew, and lace up the hole in my chest. Arm my limbs with latex leather, and line my waterline with a bloody red. Spikes are hidden on my shoes, the waistband of my mini shorts, dotted on me like armor revealing themselves only as you get closer to me. I sink my teeth into the neck of fear, drag it by its limbs, GIVE MYSELF THE LOVE & RESPECT I DESERVE, and transform. 

Image By: @Visionsbysaturn