'Borramiento'

While working on this series in therapy, a word came up that immediately resonated with me: erasure. My therapist used it to describe states related to repression, dissociation, and depersonalization. Although at the time I didn't know how to explain it, I recognized something of myself in that idea.

This work stems from that feeling of not being able to perceive oneself clearly. The distorted and partially blurred image doesn't represent a total absence, but rather an identity that exists in an unstable way; a presence that constantly appears and disappears before its own eyes.

The strangest thing about erasure is that it often happens without one noticing. Only later, as I began to see myself more clearly and recognize myself more honestly, was I able to understand how long I had inhabited that distance from myself.

Within the series, this work represents a moment of incomplete perception. There is no absolute disappearance, but neither is there a fixed or defined image. It is the attempt to look at oneself when it is still difficult to remain fully present to oneself.

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