12 Steps


Step 1 - Surrender

Pulp - Charles Bukowski

"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable."

The straight jacket shows surrender, restricting resistance. The soft leather and silk skirt reflect the tension between addiction and awareness.

Step 2 - Hope

Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy

"We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."

That the search for this greater power has to happen in different places and requires

piecing together is indicated by the pocket belt and moss textured pants.

Step 3 - Trust

On a Chinese Screen - W. Somerset Maugham

"We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him."

Letting go and opening up requires reduced protection by the garments.

Step 4 - Honesty

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"We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves."

The empty paper where the list begins becomes the jacket itself.

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Tristan Brennwald

©2026

Berlin

11:45:38 AM

Tristan Brennwald

©2026

11:45:38 AM

Tristan Brennwald

©2026

11:45:38 AM