Each person has the autonomy to reveal parts of themselves at their will. Know the unknown, hear the unheard, see the unseen reminds me of body autonomy and willpower. Holding onto secrets is one of the most intimate things. The figure stands draped in cloth, showing one leg, one arm, and parts of their chin. The rest they obscure. Their refusal to meet our gaze is an act of self-love which (Saint) Audre Lorde equates to self-preservation. I imagine what conversations the paintings have amongst themselves when art spaces are closed.
Even the title suggests that the figure is omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent as the revealer and guarder of secrets. They are standing in front of a stool like they have just emerged from sitting—awakened to their power and strong presence. Looking upon Medusa, meant equal power, she took autonomy back and put others into their place by turning them into stone. A gaze, a leg, an arm, are all powerful revelations of the unknown and powerful body. The body is a temple.
