Mixed media sculpture
Dimensions:  22"x19"x11"  
BKMV Annual Art Exhibition
Year 2015

A propensity for assembling things led me to collect shattered pieces of a car windshield, found on my way to college, which formed the core of 'Dabrowski's.' This work addresses my existential anxieties at the time, a period of struggle in my young adolescence. Dr. J. Webb's article, 'Dabrowski’s Theory and Existential Depression in Gifted Children and Adults,' provided a crucial framework for understanding these feelings. 

Kazimierz Dabrowski's theory of positive disintegration, with its emphasis on the painful but necessary process of breaking down existing structures, resonated deeply with me. The shattered glass, meticulously arranged to emphasize its fragmented nature, reflects this concept. 

This, my first work as a sculpture student, is an attempt to empathize with that brokenness, and to visually represent the journey through disintegration.