Every1 Starts from Point 1 / Caged / Portrait of a Manic Pixie Dreamgirl

Every1 starts from Point 1 emerges from a simple but persistent question: What does it mean to begin? In this work, it’s both a literal and symbolic origin—a place where all bodies share the same starting ground before splintering into their own realities.

@sbarrientos @gmo.c

Caged follows the wide range of reactive states that humans pass through while existing as captives of their own mind. Like caged animals, we stagger through an internal minefield, tumbling between blissful unawareness, panicked awareness that results in feeling frozen or reacting explosively, and the urge to return to captivity even when given the tools to escape because our coping mechanisms prove to feel safer than the sensation of freedom.

@emilyjh_

Growing up with Bipolar 1 in the early 2000s was an interesting time. Portrait of a Manic Pixie Dreamgirl is an exploration of my mental health, or lack thereof, and how perception can differ…