In my masters at Sint Lukas (2014-2015) I made this illustrated book. The story is about a young woman, trying to live up at the expectations of her father, and at the same time trying to fit her own longings his view upon things. Her life becomes something artificial, and the situation seems to be hard to maintain.

I used a lot of symbolic images to visualize the struggle between human nature and society and it's expectations (plants, hedera vs. her house, boxes, walls). In the end, the book is about being able to let go (of expectations, material stuff,...) in order to find yourself.

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Herlinde Demaerel