"Eight Echoes of Us" is an intimate exploration of the emotional evolution of love—a journey that begins with passion and promise but unravels into conflict, detachment, and eventual forgetting. This mixed media piece, created on delicate handmade paper, weaves together handwritten messages that reflect the eight phases of a relationship, from the first spark of attraction to the final stage of moving on.
Each layer of text embodies a different emotional state—some words are bold and vibrant, pulsing with love and devotion, while others are faint, fragmented, and dissolving into the fibers of the paper, mirroring the fading of connection over time. The organic texture of the handmade paper, rough in places and fragile in others, becomes a metaphor for the impermanence of human relationships—how love, no matter how intense, is vulnerable to time, conflict, and change.
The artwork unfolds like a silent conversation between two souls, revealing the beauty of passion, the sting of resentment, and the quiet grief of letting go. As the messages progress, their once-cohesive story splinters, reflecting the emotional chaos of separation, until only faint echoes remain—whispers of a love that was once everything but is now just a distant memory.
"Eight Echoes of Us" invites the viewer to reflect on their own experiences of love and loss, reminding us that every relationship, no matter how ephemeral, leaves behind echoes—some that fade, and some that linger forever.
(the 8 phases of us:
Phase 1: Strangers to Acquaintances
Phase 1: Strangers to Acquaintances
Phase 3: Deep Love & Commitment
Phase 4: Marriage & Life Together
Phase 5: Love Fades into Resentment
Phase 6: The Breaking Point
Phase 6: The Breaking Point
Phase 8: Aftermath & Moving On)
