Desperation of Separation

Boundaries. Barriers. Isolation. Fences, veils, walls, sealed shutters—both physical and mental. They repel, enclose, protect, and confine. What offers safety can also suffocate. Veils and fabrics soften, filter, conceal. They provide comfort, a refuge. Yet behind their gentle glow lies a harsh truth: rejection. Fences pierce the landscape. Barbed wire cuts. Steel splits space, fractures sight. But between the metal, an opening lingers—a chance for connection. Walls go further. They block. They smother. What’s inside remains trapped. What’s outside grows distant. No escape. No movement. Only stillness. This series explores the barriers that divide us—from others, from freedom, from pain, from ourselves. Which boundaries were built by others? Which have we built ourselves? And where is there still a way out?