Jumana Ridha ’ s room is a reflection of specific moments in her life . In five paintings , she expresses statuses of her inner self and the hands who helped her to go through each single stage . The main painting shows her in her childhood wearing a blazer , which was given from sister to sister . Jumana was a very anxious child , always afraid from people . The hands of her sisters Marina and Christina were giving her hold .
The painting opposite describes the moment , when both sisters went different ways and left her alone . It shows two versions of her hands , expressing two personalities , one is scared and lonely and one has to find ways to survive . The third painting with flowers under her eyes is her breaking point . She realized that her fear of people comes from her capability for empathy and she accepted the fact even though it is hard to deal with the fact to feel and read people without that they are saying words .
After the breaking point the hands of her sister Fathma gave her stability in life which is expressed in the fourth painting . The last painting is devoted to her mum . We see a visualisation of Jumana ’ s memory which she does not want to forget : the hands of her mum , giving her a flower . The background is black . Her mum was all her life wearing black , because of the loss of the people around her . The flower on the hands is both , a gesture and a mission . Her mother is giving everything what she can give to Jumana and her other children .
REFLECTION Jumana Ridha
جمانة رضا
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