{"id":108,"date":"2020-05-24T06:51:37","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T06:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/dima\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2020-05-24T06:52:40","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T06:52:40","slug":"im-not-the-only-one-by-nydianna-torres","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/dima\/im-not-the-only-one-by-nydianna-torres\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>I&#8217;m Not the Only One<\/em> by Nydianna Torres"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>Nydianna Torres<\/strong>, DIMA class of 2020<\/div>\n<div><strong><em>I&#8217;m Not the Only One<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Digital Photography<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><div style=\"width: 1120px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-108-1\" width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" poster=\"\/dima\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/190\/2020\/05\/NydiannaPoster.jpg\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"\/dima\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/190\/2020\/05\/torres_seniorProj.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"\/dima\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/190\/2020\/05\/torres_seniorProj.mp4\">\/dima\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/190\/2020\/05\/torres_seniorProj.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa\"><strong>STATEMENT BY THE ARTIST:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa\">My concept came from the fact that I was struggling myself with anxiety. It had intensified more than ever within the past year. My first ever panic attack scared me. I didn\u2019t know how to deal with it or what really was going on. Speaking with friends, I soon realized that I wasn\u2019t the only one dealing with this on a daily basis. So many others experience anxiety, whether that be in similar forms or not, we all know what it\u2019s like to be in that dark and lonely space that comes with anxiety.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa\">After my research, I wanted to give myself and others a chance to speak on how anxiety affects our lives. Hardly anyone knew of my experience with anxiety and panic attacks before I started the research into it. The purpose of the short film was to give others a voice as well. I wanted to make sure those who participated had the chance to get in that space, to really feel it, and understand what it does to them. The only way to cope with it is by addressing and fully understanding it. With this project comes the acknowledgement that anxiety is not one\u2019s entire life. Meaning, yes, anxiety can consume us at any given moment, but we cannot let it consume us for more than that very moment. One must find light in the darkness.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa\"><strong>BIOGRAPHY:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa\">Nydianna Torres is a graduate of Western Connecticut State University. As a member of the DIMA program, she has created works that speak on the concept of anxiety and how it affects herself, as well as college students as a whole.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa\">For the DIMA 2020 Online Exhibit, she has created <em>I&#8217;m Not the Only One<\/em>. The short film allowed for herself and other college students to speak on their anxiety in a deeper sense. Nydianna has also exhibited work in The Wrong Biennale: Polychromal online exhibition.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nydianna Torres, DIMA class of 2020 I&#8217;m Not the Only One Digital Photography &nbsp; &nbsp; STATEMENT BY THE ARTIST: My concept came from the fact that I was struggling myself with anxiety. It had intensified more than ever within the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":280,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-108","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/dima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/dima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/dima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/dima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/280"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/dima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/dima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/dima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}