Flowers

​The idea that flowers could be symbolic for mental health, like fluctuating emotions/mindsets, as both come and go as they please.
Whilst flowers wilt, we deplete, but we both perk up.
Inspired by the “Garden” scene in “Alice in Wonderland” (Disney’s depiction) and how this could translate into the idea of one’s inner demons/voices, by using various forms of emphera/imagery, I played with and created a series of collage work centring around the idea of escapism into one’s inner world.
Printing off macro pictures of flowers/fauna (I have taken on visits to Dundee and St Andrews Botanic Gardens), pictures of my various pets, and photos of myself, I created a narrative with collage centred around the idea of what happens when someone supresses sides of themselves internally, and the inner turmoil this can cause.
In my case the “inner madness” I wanted to replicate with collage was quite complicated, so in future work I want to include and explore this method in more depth, by looking more into symbolism with the emphera and flower/fauna I use in my art.