The Selves
There’s this triad. I call them “the selves” or “the Briannas”. They are the three archetypes I separated myself into for The Logical Romantic: Spymaster, Head of Feelings, and Brave Front.
As I tried to make sense of my internal landscape, I kept returning to feeling confused, feeling more than one thing at once without hierarchy, and not feeling confident in my ability to portray that range in a single still face or body. Separating out the Briannas has helped me not only create some really compelling artworks but also helped me make better sense of my own emotions in real time. I might say, “I don’t know how I feel,” but if I come at it from the side, “What does the Spymaster feel about this?” I find I have an answer more often than not.
I had already created three major artworks that included all of the selves before I designed the tarot-looking cards and wrote their poems. Head of Feelings and Brave Front make sense to most people, but Spymaster is a bit more obscure.
This body of work continually makes reference to live theatre and the Selves are characters played by the artist.
