Since the pandemic, and the events that continue to unfold, subtle, invisible shifts are quietly changing relationships and daily life. The ongoing work in Tipping Point seeks to notice the atmosphere and feel of these changes.

I grew up surrounded by stories like Snow White and Cinderella—narratives that shaped me without my knowing. These stories presented ideals of beauty and passivity deeply ingrained in our culture. It wasn’t until I witnessed resistance to these stories that I began to question these ideals and realize how insidious and persistent these unwritten scripts are.

When I created this Disney princess dress out of synthetic yellow felt, it became a way to confront these deeply embedded cultural scripts. The tension between resisting these ideals and their persistence lies at the heart of this dress.

What I have found interesting is how the dress transforms when worn by others. For some, it invites fantasy and play. For others, it opens the stereotype, creating space for new, more inclusive interpretations of femininity. In other moments, it reflects how these ideals are either internalized or rejected. Throughout these portrait sessions, the dress reveals the complexity of identity and the power of reimagining what beauty and femininity can mean. It embodies the tension I see—between resisting outdated ideals and recognizing their persistence.

Ghosts give form to the intangible, allowing me to explore the weight of what is left unsaid and the stories that continue to shape us, even in their incompleteness. They embody the tension between presence and absence, the seen and unseen, carrying both fragility and resilience. As markers of what is unresolved, ghosts inhabit the silences, absences, and fragments that linger in the spaces between memory and experience.

The phrase “this too shall pass,” is a reminder to us of life’s impermanence. It tells us to lean into experiences, rather than resist or avoid them, understanding that both contribute to a larger story of who we are. Resilience grows in this space between despair and hope, where the belief in a better moment sustains us.

Remembrance is the act of holding a person or thing in mind; it is an active, evolving process that reflects both what we hold onto and what inevitably fades.