Abandoned Self - Statement
Our childhood memories, no matter precious or miserable, are all part of the ingredients
that made who we are today, they all exist in our personalities. The topic for my Junior capsule
collection is called “Abandoned Self”, this topic refers to the part of ourselves that has been
hidden in the darker area, the memories that we don’t want to remember or we would rather choose
to forget all the time. I’ve actually been thinking about this specific topic for quit a long
time, and now, I have collected enough materials for it and it can help me to make some changes
for my own life too.
‘Every time a child says 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a little fairy somewhere
that falls down dead.’ — Kathleen Kelley-Laine, Peter Pan: The Story of Lost Childhood
As children, we used to think we are the center of the world, that is exactly the reason I
never discovered this common phenomenon before talking to my best friend. She once told me about
this bad memory that she experienced. When she was eight, her parents got divorced in Spain, and
on her flight back to China with her mom, her father had the seat right in front of them. She
said it was the longest eight hours in her entire life, because of all the awkward atmosphere her
parents created, and the tension between them. That memory affects all of her choices, and even
her personality now. she became a quite and timid after that flight. As she talking about how much
she hates her weak personality, I found it is one of the reasons we are best friends and why she
has lots of friends in a Fashion school.
‘Childhood memories are more real and important, because they are the first experience of life, with a special meaning, to any age’ — Kathleen Kelley-Laine
It is those experiences that we consider as tortured distinguished us from each other,
instead of choosing to bury or forget them, it’s more valuable to incorporate them into
the cool side of our personalities. My inspiration comes from different artists, such as
Noé Sendas,Kathleen Kelley-Laine, Khaled Hosseini and Giorgio Morandi, who suffered
from their childhood once, but they are also successful because of those memories.