This mini series of gifs explores the language of the daisies as a subject in its flexibility and mental health elements in simplicity forms. The daisy is used to experiment, reimagining its form through the body, exploring ideas of growth, vulnerability, identity, and the sublime. These simple, straightforward animations reveal deeper connections between the subject matter and metaphors of human psychology.
A straightforward exploration of the daisy motif. This animation presents the daisy in its most recognizable form, petals transforming into a head covering, symbolizing vulnerability and simplicity while retaining clarity in subject.
An inversion of the daisy’s associations with innocence, this animation reimagines growth as invasive and unsettling. Mushrooms sprout from the body’s veins, turning life-giving circulation into a site of parasitism and psychological unease.
This animation merges human and daisy forms in a surreal way, replacing petals with hands. The unsettling hybrid pushes the subject into experimental territory, challenging perceptions of form, identity, and psychological resonance.