-deeper- Emily Willis - Barrier -15.07.2021- Online

Present-day EMILY watches her younger self. She doesn't smile.

The younger girl on the TV stops laughing. She just stares out, as if seeing her future self through the lens. -Deeper- Emily Willis - Barrier -15.07.2021-

July 15th. I chose this day. Five years ago, I walked out of that house. Three years ago, I said the name "Emily" for the first time in a mirror and didn't flinch. Present-day EMILY watches her younger self

The only light is the blue-gray glow of a muted television playing an old home movie. A younger Emily, maybe ten, waves at the camera, laughing. waves at the camera

On the eve of a life-altering decision, Emily confronts the invisible wall she built between her past self and the person she is trying to become.