Solitude
My perception of where people reside changed after moving to the city from a suburban area.
I began to view humans in their many different types of housing as intricate and minuscule as toy dollhouses children play with. Across from my room, I see little humans stacked above one another, separated only by a ceiling that is someone else's floor, each isolated from the other, minding their own business.
Their behavior reinforces the idea that they are the center of their lives; yet, from a third-person perspective, they appear as mere objects–just as we tend to inflate the importance of ourselves. I believe this mindset causes humans to live in profound isolation, which can generate polarizing feelings of loneliness and contentment. I aspired to capture the dynamic between lone people and their extensive surroundings, hoping to incite a moment of reflection from the viewer: What role do I play in society and my version of reality? Where should I be headed next in the subsequent moment and my pathway of life?
