Love Is Understanding

Thread, India ink

7.5 ft. x 8 in. x 0.5 in.

2021

Reflecting on my experiences in family therapy, my biggest takeaway was that my parents and I both wanted to connect with each other in the same ways, yet when one party would speak, the other would hear something completely different based on their individual filters. These filters were based on our past experiences in life and with each other, and caused us to interpret each other’s words in ways that were sometimes completely opposite of what they meant in the first place. Love Is Understanding depicts this common miscommunication through two braided groups of thread and opposite black and white gradients.