Half Empty

For this piece, I was inspired by a quote I discovered while I was researching for my next project. The quote, by Manon Dulude, reads, " … When comparing Needs to Wants it means the difference between ‘fulfilling’ yourself from the inside out versus ‘filling yourself up’ from the outside in. It’s about being rather than having." I took inspiration from this thought and decided to use water to represent the action of fulfilling or filling yourself up. The figure in the drawing is drinking water, but none of it is actually filling her up, and she is still only halfway filled. I wanted to represent how wanting relates more to outside forces and things around you, while needing is about your feelings and being minimally satisfied.