INTO MY SKIN (1/2)
“How painful it is when your own reflection hurts you. When it looks at you with anger, when you wish you could tear it away from yourself, shatter the glass that gives you back a version you don’t recognize.
It hurts to look at yourself and cry, to feel like you’re not enough, to feel that shadow making its way back into your mind and starting to take up the space that cost you so much to reclaim.
It hurts to watch life move in front of you and realize that time is running, yet you’re still fighting from the same place, year after year, trying to escape a labyrinth that always finds a way to drag you back down.
I used to trust myself blindly. I was a girl who wanted to devour the world. And now I understand those who say this never fully disappears, that there are backpacks that never truly empty, no matter how much you learn to carry them.
And what a sadness. What a sadness to know there are silent battles no one sees — battles that weigh on you, that ache.
But here I am, with the backpack on my shoulders, moving forward, reminding myself — even when it hurts — that I am still here, still resisting, even when the world feels unbearably heavy. 🤍”
This has been my first project, which I was able to bring to life thanks to the opportunity given to me by
@bdcprograms @bdcnyc .
Thank you for the resources, the guidance, and the support.
Thank you to my friends
@brendabravooo @smiling.cl @mariaoliverosm @dylan_reisz @fatmadariana @__mtdancer__ for the support throughout this project — for the trust, the energy, and the commitment. I’m so grateful to have such kind and talented people by my side!
Thank you
@nicoofilm for making magic happen and for your endless patience. Without you, this wouldn’t have been possible!
Thank you
@the_lima_beat , for creating such beautiful music and for reading my mind.
And thank you,
@an_choreographer and
@manganaro.performing_dance_art , for the advice, for encouraging me, and for supporting me despite the miles between us <3
I hope you like it. This is very special to me. 🤍