Grimey & OK
The word grimey conveys the idea of something negative, something undesirable. In this piece I wanted to amend the idea that our flaws somehow make us less valuable, when in fact it is our flaws, our imperfections, our differences that make us unique. They are our personal texture. The addition of the words “& OK” I embroidered into this piece is an attempted embrace, a public acceptance, a visual proclamation that I am flawed, I am grimey, and I am ok.
The word grimey conveys the idea of something negative, something undesirable. In this piece I wanted to amend the idea that our flaws somehow make us less valuable, when in fact it is our flaws, our imperfections, our differences that make us unique. They are our personal texture. The addition of the words “& OK” I embroidered into this piece is an attempted embrace, a public acceptance, a visual proclamation that I am flawed, I am grimey, and I am ok.