Feed

"Nourishment or appetite"

Close-up of a black nail polish brush submerged in pink bubbly liquid with small bubbles and foam.

Can touch alone fulfill me, or am I mistaking hunger for love?

Feed navigates the tension between desire and emptiness, exploring how intimacy becomes both balm and burden. In the midst of the pink mist emerges the sweet potato as both sustenance and symbol: a stand-in for passion, comfort, longing, and unmet needs.

  • A single form pushes through a hazy pink field, familiar, strange, and suggestive all at once. The texture is soft, nearly tender, yet the object feels intrusive. Its shape is unmistakably bodily, rooted in the everyday, but loaded with meaning. It hovers between food and flesh, between comfort and confrontation.

    There’s a quiet tension here: an invitation, maybe, but also a warning. The surrounding pink mist softens the moment, wrapping the figure in a dreamlike glow, but the darkness of the form cuts through that softness. It feels both desired and out of place, something that might nourish or wound, depending on how it’s received.

    This isn’t about violence. It’s about vulnerability. About what it means to reach for connection and be met with something that only partially satisfies. What we take in, we hope will sustain us, but the surface here suggests otherwise. Beneath pleasure, there's a lingering question: is this meeting or escape?

  • God designed intimacy to be sacred, something that nourishes not only the body, but the soul.

    But in a broken world, the good gifts of God are often misused. We search for connection in ways that leave us more confused, ashamed, or isolated. Instead of drawing us closer, intimacy, without covenant, without clarity, can quietly erode our sense of self.

    Still, God does not shame us in our hunger. He meets us in it. He reminds us that our need for love, for belonging, for union, was first meant to be fulfilled in Him.

    “That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.” Genesis 2:24 (NIV)

    When we invite God into our desires, He doesn’t just restrain them, He restores them. He brings meaning where there was confusion, and truth where there was only ache.

    Reflection Question:

    What have you been feeding on that leaves you emptier, and how is God inviting you back to Himself?

  • Workshops: Art-making on nourishment, vulnerability, and desire.

    Therapeutic/Educational: Training on unmet needs and comfort-seeking; relevant for addressing emotional hunger, anxiety, and avoidance behaviors.

    Community Dialogue: Conversations on consumption, intimacy, and escape.

    Youth Engagement: Creative projects exploring what sustains vs. what distracts.

    Wellness Spaces: Guided reflections on hunger, fulfillment, and care.