Taphephobia

In Taphephobia, the artist uses the historic reference of the cupboard as an allegory for rebirth. The open cupboard signifies a release from confines, from claustrophobia and expectation, and thereby a personal victory—the victory of fear and an overwhelming feeling of being alive in the face of death's certainty. The reliability of what is considered strong suddenly reveals its fragile edge and hope scatters with the dawn of awareness. Everything is ephemeral. However, the release of the fragile from darkness into light is also an acceptance of the eternal cycle of life and death, and of rebirth and recovery.