Defensive Nature (2022)

Zip ties, fabric, plaster, paint, cordage, MDF, aluminum tape, metal, light, 4 feet x 1 foot.

Spikes grown to keep others out / The body and the mind mutate for protection / A shadow looms in the background / (Something is trapped inside) / Flight or fight mode as a constant state / Your body as the only guard it trusts / You try to pick the spikes out of your teeth when you talk to friends / Try to wipe them from your tongue when you kiss / Try to swallow your once needed defenses one by one but they keep breaking into pieces in your mouth / A protection spell (cast in parts)