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The Five Stages of Not Fitting In: Superior, Different, Weird, Wrong, Rejected
2022
acrylic on panel
14 x 11 inches
What does the flamingo in the foreground say? How about the ones in the back? Do they speak together or separately? What does the dark circle in the center of the composition mean? What happened in the moment before this image?
Do you get tired of trying to fit in? Bending over backwards, tying yourself in knots trying to be what everyone thinks you should to be? Why is it so hard to line up with the other plastic flamingos?
You can watch the making of The Five Stages of Not Fitting In.
