Fragmented Self

The Fragmented Self

This drawing made of crayons represent how I sometimes felt.  My journey has been relatively a solitary one during my youth where I have often felt invisible and disconnected from the world around me.  The symbols abound with those of planets, roads, bridge, hearts, face, tears, tree of life, sun, blood, wounds,  tree of life, boulders and a sandy ground.

Artist:      Claude Chapdelaine
Title:        The Fragmented Self
Year:        1984
Medium:  Crayon
Size:         8"x11" white drawing paper
Price:       TBD

This drawing was done in 1984 (age 22).  I was in college and going through a rough time.  I was finishing my diploma in Special Education and was feeling the pangs of having to decide what to do with my life.  I also had to come to grips with the road I had travelled to get to the place I was destined to go, which meant that I had to find the courage to let go of the past and cross the bridge to god knows what was waiting on the other side.  Fragmented self symbolized having to accept change, to accept that my then beliefs and fears were no longer protectors but obstacles.  Inner tantrums were of abundance.  It would take me years to find all the pieces of the puzzle.