Her mannerisms I would soon grow up to mimic, the gentle words I carry on my back, a selflessness I strive to hold, my mother was the pillar of my youth. Pulling from home footage of first moments spent together, a pause in a tape equates to the shutter, taking the picture I wish I could photograph. Framed in comfort found in childhood back seat car rides, the safety of my mothers arms is felt through static lines.
In my adolescence, she found motherhood.
And in her motherhood, I find myself now.
i think of mother, 2026
8mm cassette tape, car seat headrest
2026 - “Adolescence”, Church
Los Angeles, CA