Bonded

This print is one in a body of works that are about friendship and intimacy. One of my biggest takeaways from 2020 was the importance of developing intimate bonds with my friends. Like most people, I was conditioned by society to believe that intimacy is reserved for romantic couples. Yet the pandemic forced me to explore how I could achieve deep intimacy and vulnerability through my friendships. The isolation that many of us experienced during the pandemic had a big influence on my behavior. I realized that as a self partnered woman, I longed for attention and intimacy in a way that I had not in the past. In the past, I had been incredibly busy and flying around the country, moving at an unrealistic and inhumane speed, and that numbed me and satisfied me in the short term. Meeting lots of new people all the time somehow quenched...