The Shape I Learnt To Be Print

"The Shape I Learnt To Be"  explores the quiet violence of constantly reshaping yourself to meet expectations. Stretching beyond your limits to be palatable, agreeable, and happy until what’s left is a collection of borrowed selves stitched together by survival.

The figure twists unnaturally, wearing multiple forms at once, each one a response to someone else’s comfort. What begins as adaptation slowly becomes exhaustion. 

This artwork is a reflection on burnout, people-pleasing, and the emotional cost of performing happiness. A piece for anyone who has ever felt the need to fragment themselves just to belong