POSTED
This piece is in recognition of women who have endured sexual violence. The shirt print reads: POSTED PRIVATE PROPERTY COPYING FOR ANY PURPOSE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.This severe language is representative of the desire to reclaim our bodies as our own and perhaps the desire to keep others at a distance after such an encounter. I added embroidered flowers within the sparkly lettering atop this language in an attempt to embrace a piece of this shirt that I didn’t like very much. These flowers highlighted what, to my eyes, was ugly, so that I could begin to view this piece of the shirt in a new and useful way. The flowers themselves symbolize the resiliency of women and the ability to heal and bloom and thrive again after experiencing trauma. Though the trauma, like the original severe language, can’t be erased, the strength it takes to process and grow and reclaim narrative is one worthy of uplifting.
This piece is in recognition of women who have endured sexual violence. The shirt print reads: POSTED PRIVATE PROPERTY COPYING FOR ANY PURPOSE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.This severe language is representative of the desire to reclaim our bodies as our own and perhaps the desire to keep others at a distance after such an encounter. I added embroidered flowers within the sparkly lettering atop this language in an attempt to embrace a piece of this shirt that I didn’t like very much. These flowers highlighted what, to my eyes, was ugly, so that I could begin to view this piece of the shirt in a new and useful way. The flowers themselves symbolize the resiliency of women and the ability to heal and bloom and thrive again after experiencing trauma. Though the trauma, like the original severe language, can’t be erased, the strength it takes to process and grow and reclaim narrative is one worthy of uplifting.