Mapping the Unseen:

An Inquiry into Lunar Imagery and Vulnerability

For over four decades, my work with paper has allowed me to explore memory, emotion, and personal experience. The moon, a recurring symbol in my practice, holds deep meaning—both as a distant celestial body and a metaphor for the intimate aspects of the self. In this body of work, I engage with lunar imagery collected over time from books, magazines, street ads, and various media, using these external representations of the moon as the foundation for a personal image diary.

This ongoing experiment is driven by my curiosity about the moon’s surface and the symbolism it holds. The lunar images I’ve gathered are more than simple depictions; they are starting points for an exploration into vulnerability—both personal and cultural. The work reflects our projections onto the moon, and how these projections shift, evolve, and reshape as time moves forward. The act of piercing, restitching, and using neon pink markers and threads to alter these images is an integral part of this exploration. These techniques allow me to engage with the vulnerability of the images themselves—reworking, breaking, and reassembling them to reflect the fragmented nature of memory and emotion.

Each layer added to the images speaks to the way thoughts and memories accumulate over time, constantly evolving in response to new experiences and shifting perceptions. The act of layering—whether through stitching, cutting, or marking—becomes an artistic reflection of how we remember: fragile, incomplete, and ever-changing. This process transforms the images from static representations into dynamic expressions of vulnerability and personal narrative.

In this ongoing series, I challenge the boundaries of representation, using the moon’s surface as a metaphor for the constant reshaping of self and memory. The moon’s surface is scarred by impact, its past visible in every crater—yet I am equally fascinated by what happens to the objects that crash into it. Where do they go? What remains? Through this process of layering and transformation, I seek answers to these questions, using the work as a way to connect the personal with the cosmic, revealing the layers that unite the internal and external realms.