Bush-wyn costume design and a photo-collage from my old Lonesome Bear project. 2010.
Bush-wyn is a Glamazon warrior and tamer of berserk bears. The Glamazons are a society of trans/cis women fashioned after Wonder Woman mythology in the distant future post apocalypse.
Carolle Bénitah :: From: “Jamais je ne t’oublierai” (series). 2018 Virginia Award | src L’œil de la photographie
“I will never forget you is a work on family memory, happy and fantasized, confronted with negative memories. […] I rebuild the memory of my family that I did not have, invented a tailor made one where I resurrect all the people who have disappeared, the territories that I did not know and were praised.” (quoted from source)
Why can’t I find my inner balance of appreciation for dark and light? It seems that as soon as I think I’m doing better, I plunge off the deep end once more…
I wonder how long before I can appreciate the sun again…
For now, I shall continue to find the bright spots in life from the prison within my mind. A camera, pen, and notebook will hopefully be the friends to bring me to the surface— as they have always in the past.
