It’s Better If You Don’t Look considers the tension between protection and concealment. The figure appears caught between presence and disappearance, held together as much by atmosphere as by form.
The title borrows the language of reassurance often spoken to children – part comfort, part instruction. It reflects the instinct to shield those we love from harm while also acknowledging the impossibility of fully protecting another from the world.
Created during early motherhood, the work explores the emotional terrain between care and fear, trust and uncertainty. The blurred boundaries of the figure mirror the experience of holding close what cannot be held forever, where love becomes both an act of devotion and a practice of letting go.
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