Some thoughts

By looking at the concept of the baby doll, bringing it forward to the present, I am confronting how women are represented and also how they sometimes see themselves. By looking through the lens of the baby doll, and the whole image of woman dressed for bed, the theme takes on many layers.
As I have done in the past, I will use text as well as imagery with my 'babi girls '. But not only will I include societal impressions, there are rules and laws that I also want to bring to the fore with Bad Babi.
This is why I included the front page news article on the police woman who shot and killed two female bandits in Tunapuna. I think that the topic is extremely timely. That news item begged many questions, what would cause these women to be so reckless? Was the younger woman actually calling for her mother as she died? The compassion of the police woman who had to draw her gun on women criminals, is a powerful statement. Society is fed up with crime, and this particularly brazen one caused much conversation.
I believe that Bad Babi is an opportunity for all women to confront the way we are perceived, rightly or wrongly, for ourselves. I think that this is important because there are times that it may be felt that there may be few choices, or that there is no other way, or no way out. However, Art can assist with helping society at large look at limitations and even if for a moment, dream of alternative ways of seeing or being.