Build COVID-resilient communities worldwide
SHE IS MORE because SHE is the catalyzer of COVID-Resilience.
SHE is at the frontline of protecting families. SHE IS the solution-builder for inclusive, healthier communities. Yet, women – especially the underserved – are some of the worst-hit from the COVID-19 crisis.
IIX Foundation aims to amplify their VOICES so that SHE and her COMMUNITIES can become COVID-Resilient.
Proceeds from SHE IS MORE go towards developing COVID-Resilient communities in Asia, Africa, and the US, and giving their women and communities a VOICE to build a better life and a better future.
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Voices from the Youth
I wanted to depict this universal female experience to be a source of consolation that she is not alone, and as a source of validation that it is fine for her not to feel that she does not fit one mold. She Is More. She is more than her face. And she is beautiful.
Through the black and white face, I want to show that we are not new, unlike the world. We come into the world with the same past, respect and inequality. We are not given the opportunity to show that we are more. I live in a place where I am given that opportunity, but I know that there are so many people who are not. This piece is dedicated to those people. All girls and all women, emerge and conquer. Take your opportunity.
My artwork reflects a lady with millions of things in her head always- millions of dreams about the future and millions of things to do on her list each day, everyday. She successfully manages to put together all the things in her life, like pieces of jigsaw puzzle. Sometimes, the puzzle pieces take time to come together but she continues to make efforts till she makes her world beautiful for herself and everybody around. She is more than I can say or I can draw.
She is more because she is proving that women can be free to pursue whatever topics and interests they may have regardless of having to fit to any given mold.
I wanted to depict this universal female experience to be a source of consolation that she is not alone, and as a source of validation that it is fine for her not to feel that she does not fit one mold. She Is More. She is more than her face. And she is beautiful.
Additionally, I used a double exposure technique in Adobe Photoshop and blended my friend in with a photo of flowers to express that ultimately, representation of women aka "the butterflies" are what allow women to thrive and "bloom." I intended to make this piece of art dreamlike and happy, to exhibit liberation.
the burden alone
Words like overwhelmed,
distraught,
exhausted, seemed to describe me
But not any more.
At first daybreak a voice opens crevices
in the air, “Fear no more.”
And then eerily, a courage burned inside me
And my heart said
I am more
You are more
She is more...
