This four-piece image series explores the extreme measures one might consider to disengage from societal expectations and stimuli without fully withdrawing from society. Each image depicts a grim and thought-provoking scenario:
Silence: A tongue, symbolizing the choice to forgo speech to avoid being drawn into conversations or expected to express opinions.
Blindness: A missing eye, representing the decision to avoid witnessing the world's realities and societal pressures by choosing not to see.
Asexuality: A penis, signifying the choice to abstain from sexual interactions and the complexities that come with them.
Deafness: An ear, depicting the decision to no longer listen to the noise and demands of society, choosing instead to exist in a world of chosen silence.
Each image in this series provokes reflection on the boundaries between engagement and withdrawal, and the drastic steps one might take to control their exposure to societal influences.