Dark Side Of Eating Disorders

This piece was created to reflect the internal conflict of eating disorders and the way perception can become distorted to the point where reality no longer feels reliable. The figure standing outside the mirror is skeletal, controlled, and consumed by numbers, calories, weight, measurements, each one wrapping around the body like something restrictive and inescapable, turning existence into calculation rather than experience. There is a sense of precision in how the body is presented, as though control has been achieved, but that control is not freedom, it is confinement. In contrast, the reflection tells a different story. It is not exaggerated, it is not transformed into something unrealistic, it represents how the mind can alter perception, turning what is real into something unbearable. The words “not enough” reinforce that no matter what is achieved, it never reaches a point of satisfaction, because the standard itself is constantly shifting, always just out of reach. The apple placed below acts as a symbol of simplicity, something natural and basic that becomes complicated, feared, and surrounded by tension. The crawling insects suggest how these thoughts can feel invasive, persistent, and impossible to ignore, slowly taking over the relationship with food, with the body, and with self-worth. This piece is not about appearance alone, it is about control, identity, and the psychological weight of living within a mind that continuously redefines what is acceptable. It reflects the exhaustion of chasing something that cannot be reached, and the quiet destruction that happens when self-worth becomes tied to numbers rather than being.