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DEATH MASKS
Jennifer Cabral
You can’t see what I say. It’s like death.
We both wear masks.
I am stone-silent. You are stone-blind.
I am echo and you are narcissus.
Based on Echo and Narcissus myth, these self-portraits depict the strain of lack of communication and the incapacity to be seen/heard. Vowels become synonymous to gasping for air in the confused environment of self-isolation and self-protection. The poem that accompanies this series of self-portraits of the artist pronouncing each vowel, is a representation of the human essential need to be heard and seen.
