This series invites you to sit with heavy emotion, if only for a moment, until it starts to diffuse. We are navigating through a collective experience of grief, increasingly prominent in the present moment. Sadness is everywhere - stemming from personal struggles we face, the cruelty we inflict on each other through world conflict, worry about our changing climate, and insurmountable challenges in housing and mental health. These issues keep us up at night, and permeate our days with weight. Rather than dismissing these feelings, it is important to recognize them and allow ourselves to experience grief - an ambiguous grief that doesn’t have associated customs, rituals or understood public space. Feeling the weight of these feelings, and letting them work through us, can also give us what we need to take action: to speak out, lend support, and find joy in small, incremental victories, wherever they appear.

All these conflicting emotions coexist in a blurred harmony within us.

This series is about embracing the full spectrum of emotions available to us and noticing the nuances in between. It is about living with complexity, not complacency. It is about continuing to live our lives to the fullest, nurturing our dreams, and maintaining our hope for the future, with heavy hearts.