Ego Death
On the loss of a sense of identity
"It is so disorienting to navigate life & interface with people without a solid sense of identity."
— January, 2024
About This Portrait
Lately I have felt so vague and unclear about everything.
Especially about my own identity. I’m not sure how to interface with the world anymore.
All of my personas are melting away like wax and I’m grasping for a mask to wear in my interactions with others.
I am grasping for something solid.
I float and I drift and I fall from great heights, but I cannot seem to find anything substantial to hold onto.
Who am I? Is there an “I”?
I feel more like an amalgam of experiences and influences than a person with an identity. More of a fluid than a solid.
- June, 2023
Details
Medium
Ink & colored pencil
Surface
Strathmore 400 Gray Toned
Dimensions
5.75 × 8.6"
Completed
April 2022
"If most of us are ignorant of ourselves, it is because self-knowledge is painful, and we prefer the pleasures of illusion."