OPEN YOUR EYES

OPEN YOUR EYES

POVERTY. RACISM. WAR. SILENCE

WE SEE IT. DO YOU?

A SINGLE EYE — WIDE OPEN, UNBLINKING.

BUT LOOK CLOSER. INSIDE THE IRIS, CHAOS LIVES: POVERTY,

RACISM, WAR, SILENCE, MENTAL HEALTH, INEQUALITY, FEAR,

APATHY — A COLLAGE OF THE HUMAN CONDITION,

COMPACTED INTO ONE HAUNTING STARE.

THIS ISN’T DECORATION.

IT’S CONFRONTATION.

THE DESIGN INVITES — OR DARES — PEOPLE TO LOOK

DEEPER. AT YOU. AT THEMSELVES. AT THE WORLD WE MOVE

THROUGH EVERY DAY WITHOUT REALLY SEEING. IT’S NOT

LOUD IN WORDS, BUT IT SPEAKS VOLUMES IN TRUTH. THE

MESSAGE LIVES IN THE DETAILS: THE PAIN WE IGNORE, THE

PROBLEMS WE NORMALIZE, THE TRUTHS WE BURY.

YOU WON’T FIND CATCHY SLOGANS HERE.

NO PHRASES TO GUIDE THE INTERPRETATION.

JUST THE EYE. WATCHING. REFLECTING. QUESTIONING.

DO YOU SEE WHAT IT SEES?

THIS PIECE IS FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT DESIGN CAN

DISTURB, PROVOKE, AND WAKE PEOPLE UP — NOT JUST

DECORATE A BODY.

WEAR IT FOR THE MESSAGE.

WEAR IT BECAUSE YOU FEEL IT.

WEAR IT BECAUSE YOUR EYES ARE OPEN

—CONCEPT BY TYRA LEE