The Geography of Longing
The Geography of Longing
In this ongoing series, I explore the delicate terrain between memory, desire, and invention through drawing. Each piece unfolds as a meditative journey—maps not of physical places, but of interior landscapes shaped by longing, imagination, and subconscious drift.
Employing meticulous, almost obsessive mark-making, I construct intricate worlds that oscillate between the familiar and the surreal. Some drawings recall aerial cityscapes or botanical networks; others suggest microscopic ecologies or dreamlike cartographies. Forms emerge, expand, and dissolve, inviting viewers to wander through visual territories where borders are porous and destinations remain elusive.
Process is central to my practice. I work intuitively, letting each mark lead to the next, layering lines, textures, and gestures in ways that evoke growth, erosion, and transformation. At times, unexpected elements—bursts of color, architectural grids, or topographical patterns—interrupt the flow, echoing the interruptions, detours, and ruptures of personal and collective memory.
The Geography of Longing is inspired by the human impulse to map the unmappable: to chart desires, memories, and possibilities that resist fixed definition. The drawings become sites of contemplation, where viewers are invited to trace their own paths of curiosity and nostalgia, finding echoes of their inner landscapes in the invented geographies before them.
Ultimately, this series asks: What does it mean to long for places that may never exist? How do we navigate the fluid borders between what is remembered, imagined, and yearned for? Through these drawings, I hope to offer not answers, but an invitation—to lose oneself, to look closer, and to dwell in the poetic spaces between.
