Comprising of twelve charcoal drawings, What Lies Ahead depicts corpses burning on open-air pyres. Exploring the theme of mortality, the choice of materiality also plays a vital role as the impermeant nature of newsprint represents the temporality of human existence. What Lies Ahead is a project that encourages me to confront and accept death, my own and that of the people around me.

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Busy in our urbanized lives, it is often easy to forget about our end, a universal fate we all share. Constantly in my head and busy with my life, I fail to check in on my loved ones. I give the excuse of not having time, but by the time I finally have time for them, their time may be up.

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Made to be seen as future portraits, the twelve pyre drawings serve as a constant reminder of my own demise, that of my loved ones, and those who hurt me. Everyone and everything will meet its final destination in due time, both good and bad. And with it, I hope to love for longer and forgive quicker, both myself and others.