Catch My Breath use quotes and reflections taken directly from my therapy sessions. These words represent honesty, vulnerability, and fragments of who I am as I learn to see myself more clearly. This project is not about perfection or resolution, but about openness and being willing to explore different sides of myself and to grow through that exploration. By bringing my most vulnerable thoughts into a creative space, I aim to transform what once felt heavy or hidden into something grounding and empowering. This process allows me to strengthen both my body and my mind. In sharing these personal insights, I hope to embrace newness, and change as essential parts of healing and becoming.

Alongside these reflections, breath and voice become essential elements of how the work is experienced. The way I speak, including pauses and hesitation where breath is audible is intentional and closely tied to the emotional content of the text. Rather than aiming for clarity or a polished performance, I allow breath to shape the pacing of the work and to reveal vulnerability as it unfolds. The reflections are spoken in my native language, Turkish, which shifts the focus from literal understanding to emotional reception for non Turkish speakers. Even when the audience does not fully understand the words, the rhythm, tone, and breath of the language carry meaning. In this way, breath functions as a connective bridge between my internal process and the audience’s sensory perception.