Aftershock (Currently Working On)

This body of work was created during a six-week course of TMS therapy, one mask per day. While the original order reflects the chronology of treatment, this reordering follows an emotional arc rather than time. The masks have been rearranged into a three-part narrative: Descent → Confrontation → Emergence.

This structure better reflects the internal shifts, ruptures, and small healings that unfolded in waves throughout the process. The early masks embody suppression, sensory overwhelm, and exhaustion—muted, blocked, and bound. As the sequence moves forward, the confrontation stage begins: masks erupt with texture, satire, performance, and protest, reflecting emotional release, grief, and reclamation. Finally, in emergence, the work softens. Here, honesty, gentleness, and integration begin to show through, even when they remain tentative.

This reordering doesn’t overwrite the truth of the original timeline. Instead, it offers a symbolic retelling of what it feels like to unravel, confront yourself, and slowly begin again.