UNRAVEL is a meditation on disassociation, sorrow, and the fragile boundary between introspection and avoidance. With emotional facades as commonplace, this piece aims to cut through the surface and reveal how deep sadness can remind us of our capacity to feel, survive, and change.
The animation employs subtle movement, capturing a man’s confrontation with his own reflection. His gaze, direct and unflinching, becomes a metaphor for the internal struggle between confronting pain and retreating into numbness. Inspired by the words of the poet and shaped by personal experience, UNRAVEL is both an homage and an act of emotional excavation.
The animation employs subtle movement, capturing a man’s confrontation with his own reflection. His gaze, direct and unflinching, becomes a metaphor for the internal struggle between confronting pain and retreating into numbness. Inspired by the words of the poet and shaped by personal experience, UNRAVEL is both an homage and an act of emotional excavation.
I don’t view sadness as a destination, but sometimes, it overwhelms, momentarily shattering the self. Through this work, I invite viewers to recognize that space: to feel it, to sit with it, but also to acknowledge the danger of becoming fully untethered from ourselves.
At its heart, UNRAVEL is about reflection—literal and metaphorical. It encourages not dwelling, but moving forward with greater self-awareness, inviting viewers to leave the piece with a deeper understanding of their emotional landscapes and with the sense that even unravelling can be part of the healing process.
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a man and its reflection
