Trapped, confined, small, and hard to breathe are feelings I experience when forced to exist in tight spaces. Claustrophobia is a constant challenge by my mental well beings when my physical surroundings close in on me. Expanding to life experiences, in a metaphoric comparison, claustrophobia is experienced when considering the fact that there is always something that will keep you confined or trapped in your current state of being. Life forces in to boxes that form the boundary of our existence and lead to the same feelings when our physical space becomes confining. Using a simple box to demonstrate the trapped feeling of a claustrophobic person it takes sheer determination to not struggle to be free while battling the impending confinement. As our mental will weakens and the body moves to try to find space and air the box also moves and retains its form and our boundary that is within the box remains unchanged. At the core of this work the viewer must understand the struggle and turmoil that is taking place within the box. In order to simulate this environment of being inside a box, I have placed myself in a white room and created an imaginary box on the floor to show the struggles that happen when feeling trapped and confined.
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