"The doors to the world of the wild Self are few but precious. If you have a deep scar, that is a door, if you have an old, old story, that is a door. If you love the sky and the water so much you almost cannot bear it, that is a door. If you yearn for a deeper life, a full life, a sane life, that is a door." -Clarissa Pinkola Estés
This work has organically developed since my initial project in 2017. I remain intrigued about escaping to another reality, like Alice.
Previously I seeking to observe this escape as unconsciously derived, or as purely as how it could exist, through my children, in particular, my daughter. I was conscious all that time making those pictures that this portal to an imaginary world, was not sustainable for my work, or my own desire to escape. She would grow older and frequent the wonderland less and less as time passed.
It became apparent through the pictures I have been making over the last three years that I have figured out my own way there, all the while I am no further than my home or my life.