I Stand Alone

Graphite on paper, 2021 | Regional Gold Key

The subject in this drawing (me) looks at her reflection in a dim-lit window. The subject’s gesture of looking out the window represents that she wants to escape her own loneliness, which is symbolized in that the other person in the composition is herself. This feeling of emptiness is comforted in that her reflection, representing her inner self, looks back at her with empathy. The beauty of self is that regardless of imperfections, each of us still has our inner selves that complete us.