Now that I’m not depressed with a child inside of me, I can have more perspective on this stuff. But I couldn’t believe how quickly people came out to be like “you fucked up”. Like I had somebody just straight up say to me, two people actually, in these exact words, “your career was really starting to take off”. And I got it very frequently, people started asking me when my job listing was coming up at CFAT. And I kept saying, “I’m not quitting, I’m just taking mat leave” and they were like “okay, wink wink”. There was just this understanding that I was going to disappear into the night. I felt like I was at my own funeral while I was pregnant, it just was so constant

Portrait of Tori Fleming, Frank and Harvey

2022

Oil on canvas

48 x 36 inches