Many people say I look exactly like my mother, and I do, there is no denial in that. Nonetheless, my internal thoughts and qualities I have inherited from my dad. We think and act alike, that’s what makes communicating with each other so easily.  I could say that my dad is one of my biggest supporters, he is always there by my “side“ throughout my whole journey. He is there to listen, inspire and motivate me when I need it. It is this motivation and belief in me that makes me anxious about the future and what I should be doing. 

Will I be able to live out and work towards his expectations of me? 

Will I live out the dream he envisions? 

“am i in fact living his own dream?”

These are questions that run through my mind, now that a new chapter of my life is approaching. A certain pressure I lay upon myself. The pressure I believe shouldn’t be there. A pressure that I can get the better off by allowing myself to let my dad fully in, to accept his presence and to embrace the pressure and translate it into all of the many things that makes my dad me and me my dad. 

Mentored by curator Erik Kessels