Duality by Richelle Swinkels

Duality 

Duality, to have two parts. Some consider duality good and evil, others consider it as the opposite of rea
“I push my fingers into my eyes… 
It’s the only thing that slowly stops the ache…
But it’s made of all the things I have to take…
Jesus, it never ends, it works it’s way inside…
If the pain goes on..”

lity, living within a nightmare. Slipknot wrote a song called “Duality” discussing the pain of life, how you hurt yourself trying to stop the pain and it just gets worse.

But to me, it’s just multiple sides of me. The side of me that I show the world and the side of me that I hide within.

Photography is my therapy, sometimes it’s the only way I can truly express myself. Granted at times it’s a customer or school situation where I’m doing what I’m asked, but other times I’m getting out how I feel and creating an art that is who I am. That is exposing that dual side that I can’t show any other way. I’m currently wanting to work on pieces that showcase duality, and the multiple sides of me. It helps me deal and cope with things I feel and experience as well as becomes an interesting photograph. Here’s two so far.