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Limerence

An installation and short film representing the feelings of anxiety. The installation consists of over 200 blue artificial butterflies hung from the ceiling in a structure with a vantage point. Out of the same point emerges a shadow represented by black tulle. This installation was accompanied by a self-portrait, poem, and performance recorded and turned into a short film. This short film was featured at 2022's Afrikana Film Festival in Richmond, VA. 

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The Self Portrait

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The Process

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There's something about this connection

this divine equal selection

this karmic intervention

my opposite representation

I can say that I have never felt a thing quite like this,

but...I worry that my lust is creating a fake bliss

because I think about you...every single day 

and it's not just about, but literally every single day

I have prayed for you to leave my mind

and I can visualize me fighting you... but still every single time

I get a break from life

I wonder if I'm right

but you make me feel bright

and the thought of you is a delight

 

Full is what you make me

and I'm still not sure

because I second guess you

and I don't know if this is true

because... I remember every time I had a fake little boo

It lasted for a while but then along came a new

man that stole my heart

and made me crush

and from that day 

I was always in a rush

just wishing that I could have the man that's in my site

and like a little girl I'd dream about them every night

and

.......

Is it me with the problem?

Have my desires become demonic?

because some will make you feel that way

and some things will make you feel that way

and when you've gotten a taste of what you've always dreamed of

your heart will open up and send you a blessing from above

and god forbid that fear gets inside

because you see...

 

that's usually what happens with me

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