The complexities of our body is magical. The deeper you dig, the more complex it gets. And at the peak of those complexities lies our emotions.

So, why do I write about this? Yes, emotions are complex. What about it?

In recent months, I experienced extreme disconnection. A lack of connect with myself. And it only amplified. It’s like climbing a mountain. The more you climb to satisfy the outer world, the more you move away from yourself. And when you reach the peak and have nowhere else to go. The only way out is to descend back down...Which means, you gotta get back to yourself. Connect to the inner you...

Today, most of us suffer from the lack of connection with our inner world. The complex emotions we go through are usually suppressed deep inside.

Why? Because, We’ve bifurcated them into Positive emotion (Emotions that the society appreciates and encourages) and Negative emotions (Emotions that we refrain from feeling). Hence, if a person experiences negative emotions, it’s usually pushed under the carpet. And the more we push these emotions under the carpet, the more disconnection we experience. It’s a cycle that only comes to an end when we really give ourselves the space to feel authentically and purely.

If I’ve been been blessed with the ability to feel overwhelmed, happy, jealous, anxious, angry or anything else that doesn’t have a name to it, I shall feel it. I shall fell it to the core. It’s the path I take to my inner self.

It’s not an easy path. It’s a path that had been blocked for several years, until this one fine day when I decided to walk through it. The path had grown into a dense mangrove made up of suppressed emotions. But it seemed to be the only path that leads to my inner world. So I continue walking on it...

We use art to express emotions we typically can’t put into words. The path I have been walking is also full of emotions that my vocabulary fails to express. So, these photographs are a few visual depictions of a few emotions I’ve felt on my way to my inner self.

Sometimes, life really throws lemons at you. Only for you to realise that these lemons you make a lemonade with, will all soon melt away. Maybe, the next time life throws lemons at you, you grow a tree instead! A strong, vibrant tree that has lived through harsh storms, heavy rain and animals of prey. It’s what makes it unshakable and beautiful inside out.

Sounds quite easy! But somehow, the complexities that our life comes with is way more tricky.