Resilience...and ladybugs

Ladybugs, which commonly embody luck and renewal, are here at once frightening, intriguing, unsettling, and familiar or comforting.

Like a vulnerable and powerful friend sharing our struggles, their presence invites us to accept our "blemishes"/flaws as essential parts of our identity.

The childlike aspect that emerges from these creations echoes a return to the essential.

 

Through a parallel with the human experience, E. Juliette illustrates how our own marks/lacks, whether physical or emotional, define our uniqueness.

In some works, the golden spots invite us to reconsider our flaws not as fragilities to be hidden, but as strengths to be revealed, in the manner of the art of Kintsugi where the cracks in objects are sublimated by gold, suggesting that it is in the acceptance of our particularities that our true resilience lies.