The Weight of Grace
Written By Lily Clements
THIS PROJECT EXPLORES THE DEEPLY INGRAINED SOCIETAL EXPECTATIONS PLACED ON WOMEN TO CONSTANTLY PERFORM AND EMBODY AN IDEAL OF FEMININITY THAT FEELS JUST OUT OF REACH. FROM THE PRESSURE TO BE SMALL AND QUIET TO THE EXHAUSTING CYCLE OF SELF-REINVENTION, IT REFLECTS THE TENSION BETWEEN being stuck in a mold that is suffocating and inescapable, yet intimately familiar.