Trapped at Birth is part of a bigger series, The Human Trap. I want to express the struggles we face because of labels, names, gender, sexuality, narratives and more of what we’re born into in this world. I’ve been publishing parts of the project’s folds in various contexts, whether we’re talking about borders and alienation published in a New York-based online magazine or gendering migration done in collaboration with a MENA-directed journal for body and gender research. I just put my pen down and let my experiences, feelings and stories (mine and others) take the lead in one-line drawings. One-line drawings to me shows the most authentic level of the story I’m trying to tell. Once I commit to illustrating something, I’m letting go so that this story comes out naturally. It’s therapeutic. 🎈
