Artist Statement
Metamorphosis of the creative mind
Akire Arroyo Coutino
“I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”
Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis
The thought of a better self has always been daunting. Growing up with insecurities as well as dealing with heavy trauma allowed my young mind to wander off to cope with anxieties and sadness. I struggled to explain my emotions and express them in a healthy way so instead I daydreamed. Daydreaming to the point of forgetting my surroundings and mixing reality with fiction. Most days I daydreamed about being someone else, someone other than me, someone who was better, I wondered if one day, I too, would go through my own metamorphosis one day.