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I HOPE I RECOGNIZE YOU WHEN I SEE YOU!

 

Serving as sort of mantra, "I Hope I recognize you when I see you!" were the last words my mother directed towards me in a letter she wrote before she killed herself. This work examines that phrase, as a sort of prayer and demystification of the bond and inherent distance between family members and the deceased. Using familial archival images and creating my own photographs and memories in the places my mother once stood, she has given me her eyes to see.

It’s okay to create your own answers. There is no why.

I just know, she was more than I knew her as.

Mom, I hope I recognize you when I see you.