Matriarchal Predispositions
Josalyn H.
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TW: mentions of suicide, blood, violence, death
*All mentions of TW listed above are strictly metaphorical or fictional
This short collection aims to depict the complex emotional turmoil that is the mother-daughter relationship. Based lightly around my own experiences, these three pieces paint an image of intense love interlaced with hate, misunderstanding, and the idea of codependency.
Navigating the difficult strains of a mother-daughter relationship has been confusing and painful for both my mother and I, neither of us fully able to understand or help each other. As immigrants, my mother and I lived completely different childhoods, leading to parenting through experimentation. Because of past mother-daughter relationships in my ancestry and previous traumas, my mother has a lot of healing to do, hindering, sometimes, her trying to be a mother. My mind is constantly pulling between the understanding of my mother’s pain and trauma and the projection of my own.
As my mother and I grow up, we continue to navigate this repeating, generational cycle of self neglect and in turn, external neglect.
Through my collection, Matriarchal Disposition, I hope to encapsulate the mixed feelings, thoughts, and emotions that foster a mother-daughter relationship, and the continued trauma that continues to perpetuate it.
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Creativity is the complete freedom of expression. Writing hones the wildness inside me, dragging out my wool of emotions and spinning it into a string of coherence. Manipulating ferocity into something beautiful or bohemian is the root of creation and something only creativity can foster.
CONTENT WARNING: This artwork contains or explores content that touches on any of the following topics: abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, verbal); aspects of psychology and mental health and contains depictions of self-harm, substance abuse, eating disorders, or suicide; swears or curses; hurtful or hateful language; discrimination (race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, disability, sexual orientation); aspects of pregnancy; blood, violence, assault, kidnapping, trauma, or dying. Please read or view with care.
