Collection: Love Letters (To My Exes)

This collection is about “love” and dating from the artist’s perspective as a confident, hetero, intellectual woman dating in her mid-30s. The artist aims to expose the tension that exists between the heart and the mind when it comes to romantic relationships. What if the heart is the true centre of human intelligence, not the brain? The heart is all-knowing, in its incredible ability to swell and grow and expand, to push and pull. What if the brain’s tendency to overthink, over-analyze and over-prepare is not a sign of intelligence but a lack thereof? The heart seems capable of surrender when the mind demands answers. The heart feels, the brain intellectualizes, the heart knows pain but the brain is sending the signals…most importantly does any of it even matter? 

The artist playfully reflects on past romantic encounters to examine which were ruled by the heart vs. the mind. The short excerpts that inspired the works in this collection were taken from the artist’s personal journal.