I’m studying this object that I’ve known since early childhood through drawing, collage and painting to tease out its meanings to me then and now. In considering its associations I realise that many of our childhood memories upon which we base formative ideas about our identities are perceptions of our realities at that time. Taking stock of these memories makes me realise that much of what I remember about situations was limited by my childhood inability to understand things But the figure is very linked to memories of my twin brother – comforting as we are very close. And sadly reminds me of my little cousin with whom I used to play and who drowned aged two and a half.
Simultaneous to these recollections however is an inquiry into the relevance of the figure to my life now. The figure – absorbed in writing and cut off from the world around makes me think about my teenagers – unreachable and totally absorbed in the virtual worlds of ipad that links them to their friends and to the world as seen through the internet.
