This is the culmination of a long, deeply personal project that I have been working on for the past two months. The looped animation is accompanied with a poem being narrated over it, what I consider to be the most important part of the project. "Taking My Chances" was written as a healing process during an extremely chaotic time in my life and almost acts as a voice of hope for me, helping me remember to persevere and stay afloat.
TAKING MY CHANCES
Swimming upstream into the past
memories flooding by, with a few
reaching my lungs
The current is fierce, tugging at my body
it's arms trying to pull me under
What am I looking for?
Why do I keep swimming?
The water might be calmer downstream
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