Can you see me?

In a world increasingly consumed by appearance, filtered realities, and the pursuit of social validation, we’ve grown numb to what truly matters—authentic emotion, our connection to one another, and our relationship with the natural world.

This piece reflects on that collective disconnection, exploring how environmental degradation and emotional neglect have become part of the background noise we choose to ignore.

We now inhabit a society where trash, nature, and human vulnerability are treated with equal disregard—left out on the sidewalk, dismissed as unimportant.

“Can you see me” confronts this quiet crisis with subtle tension. It invites viewers to examine what we value, what we discard—both physically and emotionally—and to ask whether we’ve lost the ability to see ourselves and our world with clarity and care.