Growing up, I learned to use loneliness as a coping mechanism. With my mom and sister struggling through addiction and severe depression, I often felt I had to suppress my own emotions out of fear of the consequences. As I got older, I turned to physical intimacy as a way to feel connected—without the vulnerability of true emotional closeness.

This body of work explores the tension between emotional distance and the fundamental need for connection. It reflects the ways I have both resisted and longed for intimacy, confronting the push and pull between isolation and the desire to be seen. Through these images, I examine the weight of suppressed emotion and the ways it shapes identity, relationships, and self-perception.