WITHIN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, LET ALONE THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, SO MUCH HAS GONE INTO GETTING INTO THE POSITION I'M CURRENTLY IN. FROM GROWING UP IN GUAM, TO LIVING IN HAWAI'I FOR THREE YEARS, AND NOW RESIDING IN LA TO PURSUE MY MUSE AS WELL AS BROADEN MY ACADEMIC VENTURE. THIS FIRST PIECE CONSTRUCTED IS IN COMMEMORATION TOWARDS ALL THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE UP TO THIS VERY MOMENT.
THE UPHOLSTERY FABRIC USED ON OBJ. 0001 IS SIGNIFICANT DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST PIECES OF FABRIC I WORKED WITH. THE LINING ON THE INSIDE IS A REPRESENTATION OF HOW SKILLFUL I'VE BECOME WHEN IT COMES TO CONSTRUCTING GARMENTS FROM SCRATCH. THE EXECUTION ON THIS ONE-OF-ONE PIECE IS ASTRONOMICAL COMPARED TO WHEN I FIRST BEGAN SEWING A YEAR AGO.
THE BARRED WEBBING OCCUPYING THE BACK OF THE GARMENT IS A REFERENCE TOWARDS BEING LOCKED UP IN SELF IMPOSED LIMITATIONS. TO BE LET FREE FROM WORRY, ANXIETY, STRESS, AND WHAT OTHERS MAY THINK ABOUT THE MOVES BEING MADE. IT IS IN ACCORDANCE TO FINALLY ACCEPTING THE JOURNEY AND ALL THAT COMES WITH IT.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF MANY, AND THE JOURNEY HAS JUST BEGUN.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:7
