REFLECTIONS FROM THE SHADOWS 

I began photographing reflections around my house and garden while I was recovering from several illnesses and a serious car accident. My dark nightmares tormented me and I felt as if I was constantly searching for clarity and understanding. Reality did not always seem clear to me. I often felt that when I awoke, that I had died and I was haunting my own house and family. I would wake up, lay in bed and try to remember who and where I was. Silent, afraid to share too much.

These photographs of reflections convey my way of experiencing life at that time. The mixture of the garden blooming and flowing into the house;

It is sometimes hard to imagine where the inside and the outside meet. The photographs make sense to me and their composition is a metaphor for the way my my brain was functioning. My daily life was like an erratic maze, and my memory was a dynamic and confused energy - constantly searching.

I find the photographs very comforting because they confirm the reality of my strange sense of daily life that I was experiencing and I feel reassured that my recovery was not just a dream. I can see both worlds now with clarity and compassion and I have also overcome my sense of loss.

“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.” Quote by Carl Jung.

Swimming Pool in the Living Room