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This project has evolved so much from its original conception (at which it was no more than a vague, shiny flicker of an idea) and it'll probably have unfolded a dozen times more by the time I reach the end. The Cocoon began with a single seed - the idea that life is not linear but cyclical, and that identity is not fixed but intangible. I offer this knotted collection of mixed-media metaphor in the hope that someone might find within it some muffled echo of a familiar rhythm. Updates will be made as often as the time and opportunities present themselves!
The nature of The Cocoon is not to explain or to analyse ideas in simple terms but to express by feel and by poetry what is, to me, both inexpressible and inescapable. This is an attempt to harness the most chaotic, most real parts of me. I hope that by the time this project is complete (if it can ever truly be complete) you'll begin to understand why it is that I'm so obsessed with these symbols and these ideas and these patterns. And even if you don't, which is quite possible, then I hope it will be able to provide you at least with some mildly intriguing brain-food...