Arts Thread

In the culture I am in, sexuality is often an avoided topic. People choose not to confront or talk about sexuality because, in their conservative eyes, it is often a subject that is difficult to speak of, making the lack of sex education a social phenomenon. Some people may even feel ashamed or guilty about these desires. Yet, sexuality is a natural tendency and one of the basic needs of human beings. As such, I believe that confronting these desires is an essential step in understanding what you want within yourself and a crucial step in rethinking how your self and culture view sexuality. In this design, I wanted to confront sexuality head-on and think about how to present it in an intuitive but acceptable way. Therefore, I tried to re-conceptualize and reassemble the suit that represents abstinence to explore sexuality by simulating the combination of movements in a sexual act and presenting it directly but non-explicitly. At the same time, I introduced many sexually-themed prints into the design to emphasize this theme. Through this design, I hope to provoke viewers to think about sexuality, prompting them to re-examine ideas and stereotypes in sex education and traditional culture and encourage an open and respectful dialog about sexuality. I also hope to provide a platform for people to better understand their own and society's attitudes toward sexuality, thereby promoting a more inclusive and open cultural perspective.

She is an actual existence, but she is full of negative energy. She likes dark things and extreme things. She often overthinks and feels anxious because of various things which haven't happened yet. She cries, breaks down at night, and sometimes even hurts herself uncontrollably. She tried medication to control it, but sometimes it wasn't very effective. She doesn't like to socialize and always stays away from people. She often feels like a sense of powerlessness comes over her. She felt herself falling into the darkness, constantly plunging into the deep sea and letting the water wrap around her body, but she felt impassive and unable to resist. However, she seems to have accepted this feeling because this situation always happens. It was like this feeling was integrated into her life, making her life dim and low, as she could only see black and white in her world, and occasionally it might appear gray. It was also as if she was vaguely possessed by this emotion, wrapped in the cold chill of the sea. She tried to walk out, speak up, or express herself in many ways, but all were unsuccessful. She is me. So the whole collection, I tried to focus on the connection between clothes and emotions. I visualize the relationship between me and negative emotions. When I deal with this emotion, it feels like trying to release my other dark self and let it start to emerge and take over my body. At the same time, she pushed my sunny self into the emotional abyss, sending me down into the darkness and deep. Therefore, in this process, I take inspiration from keywords such as "tearing," "self-harm," "consumed by darkness," and "falling into the abyss and the deep" and then unfold them. I tried to express "tearing" with irregular lines and pulling the fabric.