As of Now

As of Now explores absence through the interplay of light and shadow. Shadows, like our emotions, are complex, appearing to be straightforward at first glance, but when you think about it, they seem to be involved with various layers. Initially, the shadow has an absent element, yet there is also a sense of wholeness. Suggesting that the object is just out of reach yet still elusive. If you are looking at the shadow of a flower, you know the flower must be close, but the flower can never exist in its own shadow. The shadow belongs to the flower, but does the flower belong to the shadow? Through this exploration of absence, I am also asking the question: how we hold onto our memories. Asking the question of whether the shadow belongs to the flower sparks another question: do all our thoughts belong to us, are we our thoughts, even the intrusive ones that we latch on to? Are we even our thoughts? What makes us, us? What is the relationship between absence and presence? If you capture something, even if it is an absence, does having a record of it make the absence permanent?