“This series was meant to be a visual representation of being ‘suffocated’ or overwhelmed by your thoughts; it’s a continuation of a self-portrait concept I shot back in 2019,” says photographer Najiyyah Floyd to the Phoblographer in an interview. “The idea came from my own experience of feeling overwhelmed by my constant overthinking. I was sitting in my apartment one day consumed by my thoughts, unable to make a move without overanalyzing the next.” She then decided to channel this energy into creativity. So Najiyyah gathered some yarn and got to work.
